Space Force Launches Fourth Mission For New NRO Constellation

NROL-167 was launched Oct. 24 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Space Force successfully launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-167 mission on Oct. 24 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending the fourth batch of satellites for the agency’s proliferated satellite constellation into orbit. NROL-167 lifted off aboard a SpaceX...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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