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SpaceX launches mysterious NROL-77 mission for the US military (video)

SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified satellite skyward from Florida's Space Coast.

Space · Dec 9, 2025

SpaceX to launch 2nd batch of next-gen US spy satellites tonight

SpaceX is set to launch the second batch of satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's "proliferated architecture" tonight (June 28).

Space · Jun 28, 2024

'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years

After 25 years of drifting undetected in space, an experimental satellite that launched in 1974 has been found using tracking data from the U.S. Space Force.

Space · May 6, 2024