SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches secret agent satellites for a 2d time - CNN

The Falcon 9 turned into developed by using Elon Musk's SpaceX to be the primary orbital-type rocket in a position to launching distinctive missions, as a method to drive down fees, and SpaceX made background in 2017 with the aid of launching the equal rocket for a 2d time. The rocket utilized in Sunday's launch of a US countrywide Reconnaissance office safety payload changed into the same one that launched an NRO payload in February, based on the workplace. SpaceX has now re-flown boosters and spacecraft dozens of times on satellite and cargo launches, however ultimate yr it used reused hardware for a mission together with astronauts, marking the first time the company had carried out so on a crewed mission.

CNN's Jackie Wattles contributed to this document.