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  "path": "/2026/05/11/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-intelligence-gathering-satellites-for-the-national-reconnaissance-office/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T19:50:46.000Z",
  "site": "https://spaceflightnow.com",
  "tags": [
    "Falcon 9",
    "Mission Reports",
    "News",
    "X Sidebar",
    "Landing Zone 4",
    "NROL-172",
    "OCISLY",
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  "textContent": "The NROL-72 mission was the 13th to date supporting what the NRO calls its “proliferated architecture” satellite constellation. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 7:13:50 p.m. PDT (10:13:50 p.m. EDT / 0213:50 UTC).",
  "title": "SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office"
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