SpaceX will launch a secret payload for the U.S. military today (Dec. 9), and you can watch the action live.

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 2:16 p.m. EDT (1916 GMT) on a flight for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

SpaceX will stream coverage of the mission, called NROL-77, on its website and X account, and Space.com will carry the company's feed above and on our homepage. Coverage will begin about 10 minutes before launch.

The NRO, which is part of the Department of Defense, operates the United States' fleet of spy satellites.

Those spacecraft and their missions tend to be classified, and NROL-77 is no exception. The NRO's press kit, which you can find here, says the mission "carries a national securit

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