Blastoff! SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite from California, nails landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a classified NROL-192 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) on April 12, 2025 at 8:25 a.m. EDT (1225 GMT; 5:25 a.m. PDT, local time).<br /><br />