Visiting the @SpaceX Falcon 9 before tomorrow's @NatReconOfc mission. 2-hr Launch window opens at 7AM ET. Booster landing will occur at LZ-1
@SpaceX #Falcon9 will launch @NatReconOfc #NROL76 in just under two hours. Shooting for a T-0 of 7:15 a.m.!
SpaceX: 1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of NROL-76. Updated launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. EDT, 11:15 UTC.
Twitter:QuoteSpaceX: 1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of NROL-76. Updated launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. EDT, 11:15 UTC.
NRO PAO. NRO did not directly contract with SpaceX. They contracted with a private company who secured the contract to launch NROL-76 on a Falcon 9.
The SpaceX NROL-76 launch was not contracted to SpaceX directly by the NRO but through Ball Aerospace.
Also, the NRO public affairs team is super cool about answering questions. They are stoked to be launching with SpaceX. We're having donuts
NRO: "we can't talk about the satellite" .... So it's a satellite then.