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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission, a joint National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) capability to improve space domain awareness. Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:47 a.m. on 10 September 2023.

The SILENTBARKER payload is designed, built and operated by the NRO in partnership with the U.S. Space Force to support national security and provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.