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SpaceX Launches NROL-97 Mission for US Spy Agency
Original: NROL-97 Mission
SpaceX is carrying out the NROL-97 mission, a launch on behalf of the US National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the country's spy satellites. Details about the payload are classified, as is typical for NRO missions, and the launch has drawn attention from space watchers tracking SpaceX's growing role in national security launches.
Why now: SpaceX launches carrying classified national security payloads routinely attract public attention.
SpaceXNational Reconnaissance OfficeNROL-97
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- NROL-97 Mission · SpaceX
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