SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was reused successfully for the US Intelligent Satellite Launch. This was the first mission by the NRO to reuse a SpaceX rocket booster.

Highlights

The first stage of Rocket was already landed in the area of the launch site
US-based spy satellites develop, builds, launched, and operated by NRO
SpaceX agency has launched the first fully private mission to the ISS

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While broadcasting the launch live, SpaceX has successfully launched one of its Falcon carrier rockets with the US intelligent Satellite. The launch takes place on Saturday.

This was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9: 13 am (IST 9: 43 Pm). The rocket has put into orbit the NROL-85 mission for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Still, the mission details have not been publically available.

The rocket has divided into many parts and the first part of the rocket was landed in the vicinity of the launch site. This became the second launch as it was previously used for putting another intelligence satellite into orbit.

The authority NRO is a government agency that develops, builds, launches, and operates US spy satellites, these satellites provide intelligence data to the 18 agencies comprising the US intelligence community and the Defense Department.

Axiom Space, in a collaboration with SpaceX, launched the first fully private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which is a Houston-based startup. All four members are a private crew of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax -1) led by former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria. He has the records of four times traveling in the space before.

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