SpaceX Successfully Puts Spy Satellite Agency's Payload in Orbit with Vandenberg Launch

SpaceX Successfully Puts Spy Satellite Agency's Payload in Orbit with Vandenberg Launch

A Falcon 9 rocket added satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) early Friday morning, rattling windows while rising away from Vandenberg Space Force Base and returning minutes later. The two-stage rocket built by SpaceX lifted off at 1:50 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base.  Less than eight minutes later, the first-stage booster returned to Vandenberg for its third landing. NRO officials later declared the mission suc…

SpaceX Launch Expands U.S. Spy Network

Another classified rocket just left California in the middle of the night, adding more secret eyes in the sky while most Americans struggle to see what their own government is really doing with their money and data. Story Snapshot SpaceX launched the classified NROL-179 spy mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force...

Falcon 9 Launch of NROL-179 from Vandenberg SFB Scheduled for Early Friday Morning

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-179 mission has been scheduled from Vandenberg SFB's Space Launch Complex 4E for early Friday morning. The 35-minute launch window will open at 1:40 a.m. and last until 2:15 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2026, and a backup launch window has been designated for the following day, Saturday, June 20 starting at 1:26 a.m. The mission, on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office…

SpaceX is launching spy satellites for US intelligence

SpaceX put another batch of spy satellites into orbit early Friday morning (June 19), the third such launch for the Department of Defense’s (DOD) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this year. The mission, designated NROL-179, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:50 a.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an undisclosed number of satellites into low Earth orbit as part of what the NRO calls a proliferated architectu…

SpaceX Launch Scheduled for Friday at Vandenberg

Vandenberg Space Force Base announced that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a national security payload is scheduled to launch early Friday morning. The NROL-179 mission is set to lift […] The post SpaceX Launch Scheduled for Friday at Vandenberg appeared first on edhat.