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Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
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The 14th Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to blast off on a clandestine mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. SpaceX launches the NROL-97 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on Oct. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Florida Thursday night on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, America’s spy satellite agency. This was the first NRO payload (what a rocket is carrying) to fly onboard a Falcon Heavy rocket.
EDT (0421 UTC): SpaceX landed its two side boosters. Codenamed NROL-97, the mission blasted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m.
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/01/falcon-heavy-to-fly-its-first-mission-for-u-s-spy-satellite-agency/