Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starshield satellites for the NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from California
The launch is the first of about half a dozen missions planned to expand the National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 7:52 p.m. PST (10:52 p.m. EST, 0352 UTC).
Published by Spaceflight Now on 01/09/2025