Falcon Heavy Launch Shakes Space Coast with Sonic Booms
The mission marked SpaceX’s first NRO flight on Falcon Heavy and its first four-booster landing day, according to Spaceflight Now.
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SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States and successfully placed a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) into orbit. On that day, SpaceX conducted a total of three launches, including the Crew-13 mission, demonstrating its overwhelming launch capabilities and operational efficiency as a private space company.
NROL-97 was successfully launched with Falcon Heavy. The side stages returned to Florida, while the center stage was spent and the payload remains classified. The article USA – SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches spy satellites appeared first on FLIGHT.
NRO launches NROL-97 - Intelligence Community News
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC), System Delta 80, Space Launch Delta 45, and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-97 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 1, at 11:54 p.m. ET.
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