SpaceX To Fly NRO Spacecraft Outside Of NSSL Phase 2 Program

Irene Klotz May 14, 2024

SpaceX's 50th launch of the year lifted off from Vandenberg SFB on May 14 with another batch of Starlink satellites.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) contracted launch services for the first operational spacecraft in its new proliferated architecture outside of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, the agency confirmed to Aerospace DAILY May 14. The mission, designated NROL-146, is...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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