SpaceX lofted another batch of classified U.S. spy satellites into orbit Monday night, extending a buildout of the National Reconnaissance Office’s distributed surveillance network that has now become routine enough to pass almost quietly. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:13 p.m. EDT on May 11, carrying [...] The post The NRO’s 13th proliferated launch barely made headlines, and that’s precisely the point — America’s spy satellite doctrine is quietly being rewritten in plain sight appeared first on Space Daily .
The NRO’s 13th proliferated launch barely made headlines, and that’s precisely the point — America’s spy satellite doctrine is quietly being rewritten in plain sight
