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SpaceX said Falcon Heavy launched the NROL-97 mission from Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. ET on Oct. 1, with the mission page separately listing 03:53 GMT+0 on Oct. 2. SpaceX said both side boosters landed at Cape Canaveral, while prelaunch public listings described the center core as expended.
Technology
SpaceX launched NROL-97 at 11:54 p.m. ET on Oct. 1 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Spaceflight Now described it as a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, and both SpaceX and Spaceflight Now said it was the NRO’s first mission aboard Falcon Heavy.
Science
Spaceflight Now shared a timelapse of the rocket emerging from a hangar and said the launch was planned for Thursday night, October 1.
Science
SpaceX showed the rocket at Launch Complex 39A. A user says an on-time launch would mark the shortest gap yet between Falcon Heavy missions.
