SpaceX deployed a spy satellite for the NRO on Wednesday, with the livestream offering some awesome views of the Falcon 9 rocket's launch and landing.
Sandwiched between Monday’s satellite launch for the Italian Space Agency and Thursday’s launch of Starlink internet satellites, SpaceX on Wednesday undertook a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office .
Wednesday’s mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:18 p.m. PT, carrying a U.S. government spy satellite — listed as payload NROL-87 — into orbit for the NRO. We were, however, treated to some awesome views of the Falcon 9 rocket’s launch and landing, which we’ve embedded below. Falcon 9’s first stage has landed pic.twitter.com/E22NvEiKe0 Below is a longer clip of the landing, which shows the booster descending from an altitude of just over 400,000 feet .
Davis added: “Our partners at SpaceX and U.S. Space Force were vital to the success of this mission today, and their outstanding capabilities make these highly technical missions look routine.”
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