By Steve Spaleta | April 29, 2017 10:09am ET
When the private spaceflight company launches the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite, designated NROL-76, a 10-year stretch where every U.S. military and national security satellite was launched by United Launch Alliance (ULA) will end. [Read more about the NROL-76 launch]
credit : Space.com / footage courtesy SpaceX / edited by @SteveSpaleta
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