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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-57
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March 21, 2025, 6:49 a.m.
Government/Top Secret
Eighth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69
Unknown Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
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Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
Low Earth Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds …
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March 28, 2025
NG-21 Cygnus Release
International Space StationThe Northrop Grumman NG-21 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Press Event
March 31, 2025
ISS Expedition 73 Overview News Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USANASA and its partners will participate in an overview news conference covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and the agency’s crew member rotation launch on Soyuz in April.
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March 31, 2025
ISS Expedition 73 Crew News Conference
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NROL-57
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