Information about the technical properties of satellite and its orbit are classified. However, according to the media, the project cost is $ 52 million. The weight of the device is 8.3 tons.
Falcon 9 vehicle launching Spacex successfully brought the orbit of the Nrol-69 reconnaissance spacecraft. This was announced by the day before the United States National Directorate of Military Space Intelligence.
It is indicated that the launch of the rocket with a satellite is carried out from the –40 starting complex based on the American space forces in Cape Canaveral in Florida at 13:48 in the east of the United States (at 19:48 time KYIV). After about an hour and a half, the spacecraft was brought to a given orbit.
Information about technical satellite data and his orbit is classified. But according to American Specialized Media, the project cost is $ 52 million. The weight of the device is 8.3 tons.
As part of the launch, the first available step of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, used for the second time, after the separation, conducted a controlled vertical landing based on Florida.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/0zblgwvt9p
– Spacex (@spacex) March 24, 2025
The first stage of Falcon 9 has reached LZ-1 in Florida pic.twitter.com/ma6dpdglsf
– Spacex (@spacex) March 24, 2025
Remember that on the night of March 24, residents of Ukraine and a number of European countries have observed an unusual spiral glow of blue in the sky. Related images have been published on social networks. According to experts of the Alpha Centauri Project, the space “phenomenon” in the Ukrainian sky is the result of the second stage of the Spacex Falcon 9 medium.
It was also reported that on March 21, Spacex launched the Nrol-57 secret mission.
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