SpaceX to release 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for United States federal government tonight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket introduces the NROL-167 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX)
SpaceX released another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's main coast tonight (Jan. 9).A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. regional California time; 0353 GMT on Jan. 10) on the NROL-153 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).NROL-153 was the seventh launch servicing the NRO's "multiplied architecture," which the company has actually referred to as including "many, smaller sized satellites developed for ability and strength."We do not understand much beyond that, as the NRO tends to be tight-lipped abou...