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Launches & Rockets

SpaceX launches classified NRO payload on Falcon Heavy

A milestone flight for the National Reconnaissance Office marks the first use of the heavy-lifter rocket for such a mission.

Luisa Marconi
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SpaceX launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on Thursday night.[1]