SpaceX launches 2nd batch of next-gen US spy satellites

SpaceX launched another set of U.S. spy satellites tonight (June 28). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 11:14 p.m. EDT (8:14 p.m. local California time; 0314 GMT on June 29). The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth about 8 minutes after liftoff tonight as planned, landing on the SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean. More

(Source: Space.com - Jun 29)