Jun 22, 2023 · Launch Vehicles. NRO selects the appropriate launch vehicle for getting a satellite payload into its intended orbit. See The Vehicles

The National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force successfully launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on September 10, 2023.

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is proud to partner with SpaceX on our first National Security Space Launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and our first launch of 2022. The NROL-87 mission successfully launched February 2, 2022 from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), California, and carried a national security payload designed, built, and ...

the national reconnaissance office (nro), in partnership with u.s. space force space launch delta 30, and spacex, successfully launched the nrol-126 mission on november 30, 2024, from space launch complex-4e at vandenberg space force base (vsfb), california.

The National Reconnaissance Office, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45, Space Systems Command, and United Launch Alliance, successfully launched the NROL-70 mission on April 9, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-37 at …

This launch vehicle, in an Atlas V 531 configuration, has a 5-meter (18 ft.) diameter payload fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and stands at 63 meters (206 ft.) tall. At liftoff, the launch vehicle will weigh 1.08 million lbs and the thrust will be 1.76 million lbs.

NROL-68 will launch from Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SLC-37 was built in 1962 for earlier programs and retrofitted in 1998 to launch Delta IV vehicles.

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was proud to support its second dedicated launch out of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, in partnership with NASA Wallops, Northrop Grumman, Virginia Space, and the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

the national reconnaissance office successfully launches nrol-123 from wallops island, virginia. About the Mission Emblem The dragonfly symbolizes energy, youthful exuberance, and accomplishment—representing the use of new technology.

Jan 10, 2025 · CHANTILLY, Va. – The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-153 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 9, 2025, at 10:53 p.m. EST.