Falcon Heavy launches NROL-97, first NRO mission on the heavy-lift rocket

Falcon Heavy lifted off from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. ET Oct 1 (03:54 UTC Oct 2) carrying the classified NROL-97 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. It is the first NRO mission SpaceX has flown on Falcon Heavy, after 22 NRO launches on Falcon 9. Both side boosters (previously used on GOES-U, ViaSat-3 F3 and Roman Space Telescope missions) landed at LZ-1 and LZ-2. Payload and orbit details were not released.