SpaceX Launches Third Set Of New NRO Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the NROL-113 mission Sept. 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carried the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-113 mission to orbit Sept. 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in the third launch supporting the NRO’s new proliferated satellite architecture. The rocket launched from Vandenberg’s Space Launch...
Vivienne Machi

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

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