NROL-95 Launch Sparks Sonic Boom Over Cape Canaveral

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral for the NROL-95 mission, and the first-stage booster returned to Landing Zone 2, generating a sonic boom on the Space Coast. It marks the NRO’s first Cape Canaveral launch this year and a second collaboration with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, with the booster on its seventh flight. The mission patch features a ferret, and Weather was forecast around 70% favorable as countdowns and livestream coverage proceeded.