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SpaceX plans NROL-113 launch of reconnaissance satellites for secret government mission

August 28, 2024

Monday, September 2, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Department of Defense (DoD), Falcon 9, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA), NROL, Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition (RSTA), SIGINT / HUMINT, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking, Vandenberg SFB

SpaceX launches NROL-186 spy satellite mission to increase “space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance”

June 28, 2024

On Friday, June 28 at 8:14 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-186 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Constellation, Droneship, Falcon 9, Military, Military Constellation, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, SmallSat, SpaceX Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX Falcon 9 ready to roll out the NROL-186 mission on Friday

June 27, 2024

SpaceX is targeting Friday, June 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-186 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Falcon 9, NROL, Reconnaissance, SpaceX, Vandenberg SFB

UPDATE SpaceX launches NROL146 on next gen spy mission sending the first reconnaissance satellite constellation

May 22, 2024

On Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Constellation, Droneship, Falcon 9, Government Agencies, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NROL, smallsats, SpaceX, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB Tagged With: Featured

UPDATE SpaceX schedules Wednesday to launch NROL146 on a secret mission

May 21, 2024

SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday, May 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, ISR, NROL, Vandenberg SFB

SpaceX to launch NROL146 on a secret mission to “increase timeliness of access, diversity of communication paths and enhance our resilience”

May 14, 2024

#NROL146 is scheduled to launch on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base (@SLDelta30) May 19! This is the first launch of NRO’s proliferated architecture, delivering critical […]

Filed Under: Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (A-ISR), Launch, Military, Northrop Grumman, NROL, SpaceX, The Space Symposium, USSPACECOM, Vandenberg SFB

ULA’s success story — Delta IV Heavy’s last launch on an NROL-70 mission

April 9, 2024

ULA’s final launch of their Delta IV Heavy is picture perfect hoisting the NROL-70 mission. Then came… “For the final time, this is Delta Launch Control, signing off.“ April 9, […]

Filed Under: Atlas V, Boeing Defense, Cape Canaveral SFS, Delta IV Heavy, Launch Abort, Launch Delay, Military, NROL, Space Launch Complex-37 (CCSFS), United Launch Alliance, Vandenberg SFB Tagged With: Featured

ULA ‘Tomorrow’s the Day’, Delta IV Heavy’s Swan Song on NROL-70 mission

April 8, 2024

All is good for go for tomorrow’s final launch of the huge Delta IV for the NROL-70 mission. “While we near the final liftoff, the Delta legacy will live on […]

Filed Under: Atlas V, Boeing Defense, Cape Canaveral SFS, Delta IV Heavy, Launch Abort, Launch Delay, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, Space Launch Complex-37 (CCSFS), United Launch Alliance, Vandenberg SFB

ULA’s Delta IV Heavy’s grand finale still a ‘Go’ for Tuesday’s NROL-70 mission

April 6, 2024

Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mission is planned to lift off on Tuesday, April […]

Filed Under: Atlas V, Boeing Defense, Cape Canaveral SFS, Delta IV Heavy, Launch, Launch Abort, Launch Delay, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, Space Launch Complex-37 (CCSFS), United Launch Alliance, Vandenberg SFB

Tomorrow is ULA’s historic final launch for Delta IV Heavy carrying NROL-70

March 27, 2024

Thursday’s historic launch of NROL-70 relates a partnership between the NRO and ULA that began with the first launch in 2006 that now totals 34 consecutive successes. ULA’s Wednesday update […]

Filed Under: Cape Canaveral SFS, Delta IV Heavy, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, Rocket, Space Launch Complex-37 (CCSFS), United Launch Alliance, Weather

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