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Falcon 9 launches NRO satellites
Posted: Sun, Sep 8, 2024, 9:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched the third set of satellites for an NRO constellation Thursday night. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:20 pm EDT (0320 GMT Friday) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the NROL-113 mission. The launch was the third in a series of launches carrying imaging satellites developed by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for a proliferated constellation. NRO did not disclose how many satellites were on the launch, but the first two launches each carried about 20 satellites.
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