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LaunchMay 12, 2026Launch location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA

SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office

SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office
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Updated May 11, 10:48 p.m. EDT (0248 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the drone ship.

The National Reconnaissance Office flew its 13th mission supporting an intelligence-gathering constellation it calls the "proliferated architecture" on Monday night.

As with the first dozen missions, this batch of satellites (of an undisclosed quantity) will fly to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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