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SpaceX announced the NRO's first launch aboard Falcon Heavy, following 22 Falcon 9 missions for the NRO over nine years.
The Space Review covers the recently declassified URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH ELINT satellites, a secretive US 'hitchhiker' reconnaissance program (Program 989 / Mission 7300) that flew from the 1960s through the 21st century, including previously secret space shuttle payloads.
Falcon 9 rocket is vertical at Launch Pad 40 in Florida ahead of Thursday's NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force.