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- SpaceX's launch slate will wrap up shortly — currently slated for Friday after a delay on Thursday — with the launch of a US spy satellite.
- The satellite, which will be under the operational control of the United States National Reconnaissance Office, is obviously hush-hush, but the launch itself will be yet another opportunity for SpaceX to demonstrate its reusable rocket tech.
- The hardware will be launched into space using a "flight proven" Falcon 9 rocket that has already flown three times in 2020 and four times overall.
The coronavirus pandemic has hampered just about every industry on the planet, but SpaceX has somehow managed to stick with a flight schedule that is absolutely packed to the gills. Despite a few delays here and there throughout the year, the company has launched a ton of missions, deploying satellites for various agencies and companies as well as bolstering the number of its own Starlink satellites that are in Earth orbit.
Now, putting an exclamation mark on the very busy year, SpaceX is set to launch a satellite for the US government. This isn't just any satellite, however, it's a spy satellite that will be operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). As NASA Spaceflight reports, this is the second SpaceX launch for the NRO.
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