A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched from a California Space Force base early this morning.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying National Reconnaissance Office mission launches from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Sunday morning, April 17, 2022. NROL-85 is the first NRO mission to reuse a SpaceX rocket booster, and is the second Falcon 9 launch procured through the National Security Space Launch contract to launch from the Western Range.
It was the first mission by the NRO to reuse a SpaceX rocket booster, Vandenberg said in a statement.The NRO only described the NROL-85 satellite as a “critical national security payload.”
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