No details about the spy satellite payload were revealed, but the NRO declared mission success in a statement.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit early Sunday after a foggy California launch, the company's 14th flight so far this year.
The first stage, making its second flight, took off on a southerly trajectory, boosting the upper stage and its NRO payload out of the dense lower atmosphere. Two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the stage fell away and the single engine powering the Falcon 9 second stage took over for the remainder of the ascent.
As usual with classified payloads, SpaceX did not provide any details about the mission other than to confirm the second stage reached orbit as planned. The NRO did not release any information about the satellite payload, but confirmed mission success in a statement.
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