SpaceX completes 2020 manifest with covert flight for NRO

Dec 24, 2020 | Daily Space, Rockets, Spacecraft, SpaceX

SpaceX completes 2020 manifest with covert flight for NRO
CREDIT: SpaceX

On December 19th at 14:00 UTC, the National Reconnaissance Office launched its NROL-108 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.

The mission carried a classified national security payload operated by the NRO.

This launch took place just a few days after the launch of NROL-44 by ULA, making this the sixth successfully launched mission for the NRO.

More Information

NASA Spaceflight article 

NROL-108 info page (Gunter’s Space Page)

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