Transporter-13 Mission Includes NRO, Varda Space Payloads

SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-13 missions March 15 on a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-13 missions March 15 on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launched its second research-and-development (R&D) demonstrator of 2025 on March 15 aboard the SpaceX Transporter-13 mission. The demonstrator consists of two 6U cubesats designed by NRO’s advanced systems and technology directorate to support an...
Vivienne Machi

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

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