The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) last Saturday said it successfully launched its 12th proliferated architecture mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking the first of about a dozen launches planned by the agency this year. The NROL-105 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 16 at 11:39 p.m. EST and was supported by the Space Force Space Launch Delta 30. The Falcon 9 first state booster successfully returned to Landing…
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