Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NRO intelligence satellites from Vandenberg, California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with intelligence-gathering satellites for the United States’ National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Thursday, July 11, at 10:13 a.m. PDT (1:13 p.m. EDT, 1713 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1063, making its 21st flight, will land on the drone ship ’Of Course I Still Love You’ a little more than eight minutes into the flight. The NROL-167 mission is the fourth launch supporting what the NRO calls its “proliferated architecture“ satellite constellation. Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks: