Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-108
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 19, 2020, 2 p.m. - Dec. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Dec. 19, 2020, 2 p.m. - Dec. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Classified payload for NRO.
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Pushed back another 24 hours.
updating T-0
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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B1059 has successfully landed back at LZ-1 after its fifth launch.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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