SpaceX Wins Nine NSSL Task Orders For SDA, NRO Missions

NROL-77

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the NROL-77 mission on Dec. 9, 2025, at 2:16 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Space Force has awarded new National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders worth a cumulative $739 million to SpaceX to support future missions for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the service announced Jan. 9. Over the three...
Vivienne Machi

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

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