SpaceX today completed its record 26th launch of the year, sending a secret NRO satellite into space via its Falcon 9 booster.
On Saturday morning, SpaceX successfully completed its NROL-108 mission and also completed its 70th recovery of its first stage boosters.
Check out the Falcon 9 launch below:
…and the always impressive landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, instead of a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean:
SpaceX did not show video footage of its NRO payload being sent off into space, at the request of its customer, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
The NROL-108 mission was originally set for Thursday, but was scrubbed and eventually rescheduled for Saturday morning.
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