SpaceX Gains NRO Cadence

The NROL-97 flight performs nominally and becomes a proof point for using Falcon Heavy on the NRO's heaviest and most sensitive missions. The likely result is a higher cadence of classified SpaceX launches under National Security Space Launch contracts, with ULA retaining some missions but losing incremental share.

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