NROL-153 was the seventh mission launched into orbit for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
On January 10, the American company SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as part of the secret mission NROL-153. Space.com reported it.
SpaceX has launched a new constellation of satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle was successfully launched from the launch site in California as part of the secret mission NROL-153 at 05:53 Kyiv time.
After launch, the rocket’s first stage landed on the unmanned vessel Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean about eight minutes later.
Mission NROL-153 is the seventh launch for NRO using Falcon 9 rockets.
Previously, six missions of this type were successfully launched into orbit by 2024, notably from the Vandenberg Space Center in California.
Let’s remember that on December 18, the American company SpaceX launched two communications satellites O3b mPOWER 7 and 8 into space for the Luxembourg company SES.
Earlier, on November 24, SpaceX launched a new batch of 20 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Source: korrespondent
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