Watch Falcon 9 launch the @NRO_gov and @USSF_SSC’s NROL-172 mission from pad 4E in California https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1AKEmOQmWLVKL

SpaceX launched Falcon 9 carrying the NROL-172 national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This mission was part of SpaceX's routine national security launch operations supporting U.S. government reconnaissance and space defense objectives. The launch was broadcast live on Elon Musk's X platform.

Source: Elon Musk (X) | 2026-05-12