#OTD 2 years ago a #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket carrying National Reconnaissance Office mission ( #NROL85 ) launched from #SLC4 East April 17, 2022, at 6:13 a.m. PST, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

Falcon 9 landing after taking the NROL-85 mission to space. Foggy and dark, a classic Vandenberg launch! #NROL85

Falcon 9 doing secret satellite things for the NRO this morning. #nrol85

A beautiful Easter morning launch from Vandenberg SFB. #NROL85 was successfully delivered to orbit by #SpaceX #Falcon9 booster 1071, the same one that launched NROL-87 two months ago.

These views of the start of the first stage boostback burn disturbing the second stage plume.

Launch of #NROL85 mission via #Space X 's #Falcon9 vehicle

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O pouso perfeito em Terra, na Landing Zone 4 do booster B1071.2 em Vandenberg na Califórnia depois de ter impulsionado até a órbita a missão NROL-85.

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Something on the hunt of #NROL85 : Of last nights wideband recording I discovered a very very faint signals on 2277.500 MHz, which is JUST visible on strf signal plot!

Now targeting no earlier than Saturday, April 16 for Falcon 9’s launch of the NROL-85 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base; #spacex #nrol85 #NRO #vandenbergspaceforcebase #vsfb

Lançamento do foguete Falcon 9 da SpaceX hoje de manhã direto de Vandenberg na Califórnia levando a missão NROL-85!!!

#NROL85

Despega la misión #NROL85 de SpaceX.

In presentation with the FCC $ASTS was specific with inclination and altitude of BW3

Close to that of ISS and a classified pilot satellite: NRO Launch 76.

Makes you wonder if #Bluewalker3 is going up with NROL85?

Originally NROL85 was slated for a march launch just as BW3 🧩

One remote did catch some gnarly flames though as #Falcon9 touched down to end its part of the #NROL85 mission. Ideally, the whole rocket with landing legs visible would be about to touch the concrete, but fog had other plans!

#NROL85 payload USA-327 at time of closest approach this evening. No activity on the rest of S-band, so perhaps only a single object still. Signal levels are much more stable now thou. The emission (wideband data) is very NOSS like, but still only one object...

Hace un rato, muy lindo aterrizaje pre salida del Sol en la Base Aérea Espacial de Vandenberg,

El segundo para este #Falcon9 , que regresaba luego de su despegue en la misión #NROL85 .

Pre Dawn Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base
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#Space X will launch the #NROL85 mission to low-Earth orbit on their #Falcon9 Block 5 vehicle, on April 16, 2022. More on everydayastronaut.com/nrol-85-falcon… #Space #Space Force #spacepolicy #technologies

T-2 min Go Falcon! #NROL85

As this is a secret mission, we won’t get any coverage of the 2nd stage burn. #NROL85 launch was inclined 63 degrees to the Equator and apparently a 1000 x 1000 mile orbit. Nothing else is known. #Falcon9

LA MISIÓN NROL-85 FUE UN ÉXITO 🚀

Así despegaba está mañana el falcón 9 b1071 desde la Base aérea de vandenberg en California 🔥
El objetivo era lanzar el satélite #NROL85 de la Agencia Nacional De Reconocimiento de Estados Unidos 🛰️

SpaceX lanza este domingo un cohete Falcon 9 en la misión #NROL85 , con un nuevo satélite espía 🚀
Detalles: fronteraespacial.com/bitacora/nrol-…

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