Watch SpaceX Launch Secret US Spy Satellites to Orbit From California Today

SpaceX Rocket Launch Carries Spy-Satellite Payload From Vandenberg

A Falcon 9 rocket rose away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday evening as the nation’s spy-satellite agency continues its largest transformation during its 60-year history. The SpaceX rocket blasted off at 7:13 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on the South Base. The first-stage booster landed minutes later on the droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket carried a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which remained…

SpaceX launches satellites into orbit for US Intel. purposes

TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), according to a broadcast on the US company’s X page.

SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position ahead of the NROL-172 mission. Image: SpaceX Updated May 11, 10:48 p.m. EDT (0248 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the drone ship. The National Reconnaissance Office flew its 13th mission supporting an intelligence-gathering constellation it calls the “proliferated architecture” on Monday night. As with the first dozen missions, this batch of satellites (of an undisclosed quantity…

SpaceX to launch NRO U.S. intelligence satellites today from Vandenberg

The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday between 3:28 and 7:28 p.m., carrying the NROL-172 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Watch SpaceX launch secret US spy satellites to orbit from California today

SpaceX will launch a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX Launches Classified US Intelligence Satellites

SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 carrying classified satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office, in a mission tied to US national security operations.