SpaceX Launches First Next-Gen Spy Satellites for NRO
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SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of the ESA EarthCARE mission to low-Earth orbit. The first-stage booster, used for the seventh time, landed back at Vandenberg, causing sonic booms heard locally. This marks SpaceX's 18th launch from Vandenberg this year.
- Sonic boom advisory issued ahead of Tuesday launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base KSBY News
- SpaceX launches NRO's first batch of next-generation spy satellites SpaceNews
- SpaceX launches first batch of new spy satellites for NRO Defense One
- National Reconnaissance Office launches proliferated constellation C4ISRNET
- SpaceX launches first satellites for new US spy constellation Reuters
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