News Snapshot:
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off and boosted multiple National Reconnaissance Office satellites into space Sunday to keep tabs on the behavior of potential enemy spacecraft in the high orbit favored by spy satellites, communications stations and other high-priority U.S. assets. The NROL-107 payload, made up of an unknown number of satellites built to operate in geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the equator, is known as "Silent Barker." A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from its firing stand at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying multiple National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force satellites...
