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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a classified payload on the NROL-108 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on 19 December 2020 at 9:00 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.  Following stage separation Falcon 9’s first stage, seen here dropping out of the clouds, landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

View more launch and landing images of the NROL-108 mission.