SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the NROL-108 classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Launch window begins at 09:00am ET (02:00pm UTC)

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The Falcon 9 Block 5 is SpaceX’s partially reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and a reusable fairing.

The booster supporting this mission is B1059. This booster has flown four times. Its maiden flight was on the CRS-19 mission, which launched on December 5, 2019. It’s second flight was on the CRS-20 mission, which launched on March 7, 2020. Its third and fourth flight was on Starlink V1.0 L8 and on the SAOCOM 1B mission, launching on June 13, 2020 and August 30, 2020 respectively.…