Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-146 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California on May 22, 2024.during a two-hour window that opens at 11:14 p.m. EDT .
SpaceX will webcast the launch via its X account beginning about 10 minutes prior to liftoff. However, the company may end the stream relatively early at the request of the NRO, which builds and operates the United States' fleet of spy If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth about 8 minutes after liftoff tonight, landing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean. It will be the eighth launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a
Tonight's mission, which the NRO calls NROL-186, will be the second dedicated to building out the agency's new"proliferated architecture.". That's a departure from the traditional U.S. spysat strategy, which depends on big, highly capable spacecraft that are expensive and time-consuming to develop and build.
We don't know exactly what the NROL-186 satellites will be doing, or what they're capable of; the NRO releases few details about its spacecraft and their activities.Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!SpaceX launches US spy satellite, lands rocket in flawless Easter flightTonight's launch will be the 66th Falcon 9 mission of the year already.
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