ULA Launches Atlas V Rocket Carrying SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 Mission Written 11 September 2023
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Atlas V SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 Mission launch, September 10, 2023 | Credit: United Launch Alliance; YouTube; framegrab
The Orlando Sentinel reports that United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday morning, “on a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force called SILENTBARKER/NROL-107.” Last week, NRO Director Chris Scolese said the classified mission’s primary goal is to place watchdog satellites in geostationary Earth orbit “so that we can understand the intentions of other countries to see what they’re doing in the GEO belts and see if there’s any indications of threats or if it’s just normal operations.”
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Atlas V SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 Mission, September 10, 2023
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