Spacex has raised another next -generation spy satellite lot for the National Office of Recognition of the United States (NRO) this morning (April 20).
A Falcon 9 rocket took off from the fog of the Vandenberg space force of California today at 8:29 am edt (1229 GMT; 5:29 am, local time of California), in a mission that the NRO called Nrol-145.
Nrol-145 was the tenth launch in support of the “proliferated architecture” of NRO, a new network consisting of many profitable small satellites instead of a few highly capable, but expensive.
“Having hundreds of small satellites in orbit is invaluable to the NRO mission,” said the NRO director Chris Scolese, in a press kit on the proliferated architecture network, which can find here.
“They will provide greater review rates, greater coverage, more timely delivery of information and, ultimately, they will help us deliver more than our clients need even faster,” added Scoles.
Everything seemed to go today; The first stage of Falcon 9 landed in a ship of planes not manned in the Pacific Ocean about eight minutes after the launch as planned. It was the 12th launch and touchdown for this particular reinforcement, According to Spacex.
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Spacex finished its live broadcast today just after Booster Landing, at the request of the NRO; We did not obtain views of the upper stage of Falcon 9 or information on useful charges. That is not surprising; The number tends to be quite tight on its spacecraft and activities.
But proliferated architecture crafts are It is believed to be Modified versions of Spacex Starlink Internet satellites, with a connected high -tech spy equipment.
The first proliferated architecture mission was launched in May 2024. The 10 have flown in Vandenberg Falcon 9 rockets.
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