NEW YORK, February 3. /TASS/. SpaceX on Wednesday launched a Falcon-9 rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite, according to a broadcast on the company’s website.

The rocket blasted off a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Station in California at 03:28 pm local time (23:28 Moscow time). The launch is part of NROL-87 mission.

The activities of the NRO, which controls the US reconnaissance satellites, are strictly classified. The parameters and description of the reconnaissance satellite are not disclosed.