A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-167 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024.
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of U.S. spy satellites early Saturday morning (Nov. 30).
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday during a four-hour window that opens at 3:10 a.m. EST (0810 GMT; 12:10 a.m. local time). The rocket will be carrying a set of spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as well as 20 of SpaceX’s own Starlink broadband spacecraft,
SpaceX usually livestreams its missions via X, beginning five to 15 minutes before launch. However, the company’s mission description doesn’t mention anything about a webcast for this liftoff.
Saturday’s mission, known as NROL-126, will be the fifth launch to support the NRO’s
SpaceX to launch next-gen US spy satellites, 20 Starlink spacecraft from California early Nov. 30
