NRO Launches Eighth Mission For Growing Satellite Constellation

The NROL-57 mission was launched March 21 at 2:49 a.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NRO

The NROL-57 mission was launched March 21 at 2:49 a.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Credit: NRO
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has successfully executed its eighth mission to deploy an undisclosed number of satellites into a growing, proliferated architecture. The NROL-57 mission was launched March 21 at 2:49 a.m. EDT, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4-East...
Vivienne Machi

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

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