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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2022
A US intelligence agency said Wednesday that its newest spy satellite successfully launched into orbit atop a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket took off at 12:27 pm local time (2027 GMT) from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is in charge of the US Space Force, said in a statement. After releasing the satellite, dubbed NROL-87, into orbit, the Falcon 9 rocket then landed back at the base, the agency said. "NROL-87 is designed, built, and operated by the NRO to support its overhead reconnaissance mission," the statement said. The NRO gave few other details about the satellite but said it will "provide a wide-range of timely intelligence information." The NRO, a division of the US Defense Department, operates a large network of surveillance satellites, and is headquartered near Washington, in northern Virginia. NROL-87, the first satellite launched by the NRO in 2022, is the third time the agency has used a Falcon 9 rocket. The NRO has launched 16 other satellites over the past two years.
SpaceX launches spy satellite from California Washington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2021 SpaceX launched a classified payload into orbit Wednesday from California for the National Reconnaissance Office, a U.S. intelligence agency that builds and operates spy satellites. Liftoff occurred as planned at 12:27 p.m. PST from Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base about 160 miles west of Los Angeles. The NROL-87 mission was the first such launch for the office on a Falcon 9 rocket. The first-stage booster successfully flew back to Vandenberg after the launch. The NRO say ... read more
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