
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force on Monday successfully launched and delivered into orbit a national security payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., the agency said. The launch of the NROL-69 mission at 1:48 pm EDT was the first NRO mission launch with SpaceX using the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract awarded in August 2020. United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing…