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SpaceX Launches the NRO’s Starshield Satellites from California on a Falcon 9 Rocket
The most recent set of Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office were launched Thursday night in SpaceX’s first West Coast Falcon 9 launch of the year. At 7:53 p.m. PST (10:53 p.m. EST, 0353 UTC), the NROL-153 mission took off from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Read more…