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NRO Launches First Mission of 2022, Reconnaissance Payload on Reusable Falcon 9 Rocket

NRO Launches First Mission of 2022, Reconnaissance Payload on Reusable Falcon 9 Rocket
A reusable Falcon 9 rocket carried the NROL-87 mission to orbit on Feb. 2–the first launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this year (NRO Photo)

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Feb. 2 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the NROL-87 reconnaissance mission--the first launch of the year for NRO and the first aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, NRO said on Feb. 2. The agency said that the Feb. 2 mission was the 60th launch since NRO began disclosing such launches in December 1996. "NROL-87 is the NRO’s first launch this year and follows…

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