00:02SpaceX had a very busy Thursday and it ended like this 3 2 1 mission and liftoff go Falcon go
00:15NRL
00:1597. That was launch number three in less than 13 hours. SpaceX pulled off something it had
00:25only done once before. The NRL 97 mission lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center just before
00:32midnight. And here's what makes it interesting. We don't know what was on board. The Falcon Heavy
00:39was carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. agency that operates
00:45the country's spy satellites. And that was just launch number three. Earlier Thursday, SpaceX sent
00:51crew 13 to the International Space Station. The four person crew arrived nearly eight hours after
00:56liftoff. Then came transporter 18, what SpaceX calls a small set ride share mission carrying 180 payloads
01:05into orbit. All told, SpaceX has now launched more than 100 missions this year. And just in case you're
01:12interested, SpaceX is offering so-called ride share missions as low as, wait for it, $350,000.
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