SpaceX Launches 11th Mission for NRO’s Proliferated Architecture

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-48 mission  on Sept. 22. Credit: SpaceX

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-48 mission on Sept. 22.

Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) latest mission to build out its proliferated satellite architecture in low Earth orbit (LEO). The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sept. 22 at 1:38 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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