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SpaceX successfully launches spy satellite from California Air Force base
[FOXBUSINESS] SpaceX successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit on Sunday, a process that aided the National Reconnaissance Office after previous attempts were postponed.The Hawthorne-based company conducted the launch out of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday afternoon after its initially scheduled launch on Friday was delayed twice over Colonel Rob Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, said in a statement that the NROL-85 launch sent "critical" equipment that would aid in securing "vital intelligence data." "Today the Western Range teamed with the National Reconnaissance Office to deliver a critical national security payload, which will provide our warfighters and decision-makers with vital intelligence data," Long said Sunday, according to the report. Related: SpaceX: 2022-04-16 Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works ‐ live at TED2022 SpaceX: 2022-04-05 TimCast: Elon Musk Was Just Appointed A DIRECTOR At Twitter, Woke Leftists Panic Over Losing Censorship Power SpaceX: 2022-04-05 Great News! Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Shareholder After Conducting a Poll Posted by: Fred 2022-04-19 |
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