<ul><li>SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying multiple U.S. surveillance satellites and 20 Starlink broadband satellites.</li><li>The mission, named NROL-126, is the fifth collaboration between SpaceX and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).</li><li>The Falcon 9 will place the Starlink satellites into a low Earth orbit and land its first stage on a SpaceX drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.</li><li>This mission strengthens national security and demonstrates the increasing reliance on commercial spaceflight for spy satellite deployments.</li></ul>

Falcon 9 to Carry US Spy Satellites and Starlink in SpaceX Mission

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