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Yesterday, NROL-69 successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 🚀 Together, NRO and Space Systems Command are advancing national security by ensuring the U.S. maintains resilient & cost-effective space capabilities to meet evolving threats & deliver vital intelligence.








LAUNCH UPDATE: NRO & Space Systems Command are scheduled to launch NROL-174 on a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base NET 3:33 p.m. EDT April 16. This will be the first Minotaur IV to launch from Vandenberg since 2011!


MISSION SUCCESS: NROL-174 launched today at 3:33 p.m. EDT on a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV Rocket from Vandenberg SFB. NRO & Space Systems Command partnered to launch multiple national security payloads through the Rocket Systems Launch Program. Press release: bit.ly/3Rj48LN

Yesterday, NRO & Northrop Grumman launched NROL-174. Fun fact: the Minotaur IV rocket was once a Peacekeeper ICBM that sat watch 24/7 in support of our nation’s nuclear deterrent. Now it has completed its final mission of placing a national security payload on orbit. 🚀🛰️


LAUNCH UPDATE: NROL-145 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base NET April 20. This mission is NRO's 1st proliferated mission in partnership with Space Systems Command under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. 🤝






3 NRO launches in 8 days! Here are a few highlights of NROL-192, NROL-174, and NROL-145 all from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Thanks to our partners with Space Systems Command, SpaceX, and Northrop Grumman. Learn more about these missions here: nro.gov/launch/
