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04/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/16/2025 14:37
NRO and Space Force partner through the Rocket Systems Launch Program to launch NROL-174
NROL-174 is NRO's first Minotaur rocket launch from Vandenberg since 2011.
CHANTILLY, Va. - The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) April 16, 2025, at 3:33 p.m. EDT.
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CHANTILLY, Va. - The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) April 16, 2025, at 3:33 p.m. EDT.
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