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SpaceX’s Thursday NROL-57 top secret launch

March 20, 2025

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the eighth batch of satellites for a secret reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, March 25 at 10:48 PM – 1:17 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, California.

The forecast calls for a temperature of 53°F, broken clouds, 66% cloud cover and a wind speed of 18mph.

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