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This is a list of NRO Launch (NROL) designations for satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office. Those missions are generally classified, so that their exact purposes and orbital elements are not published.
Critics worried that each of these "exquisite-class" [2] satellites would cost more than the Navy's latest aircraft carrier (US$6.35 billion in 2005, or about $9,910,000,000 today [3]). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Instead, USA-224–the first of these two–was completed by Lockheed $2 billion under the initial budget estimate and two years ahead of schedule.
On December 19, 2020, NROL-108 was successfully launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. [47] On July 15, 2020, NROL-149 was successfully launched aboard the first launch of Northrop Grumman's new Minotaur IV rocket. On April 27, 2021, NROL-82 was successfully launched aboard United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket. [48]
The U.S. Space Force and a Boeing-Lockheed joint venture sent a secret reconnaissance payload to orbit on Tuesday atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the last flight of a workhorse launch vehicle brand ...
NROL-49 lifted off from Vandenberg AFB on 20 January 2011. [52] It was the first Delta IV Heavy mission to be launched out of Vandenberg. This mission was for the NRO and its details are classified. [92] On 4 October 2012, a Delta IV M+ (4,2) experienced an anomaly in the upper stage's RL10B-2 engine
USA-247, also known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office and launched in December 2013. The USA-247 launch received a relatively high level of press coverage due to the mission's choice of logo, which depicts an octopus sitting astride the globe with the motto "Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach". [2]
[2] [6] In November 2017, Northrop Grumman stated that the launch "is a monumental responsibility and has taken great care to ensure the most affordable and lowest risk scenario for Zuma." [7] The Wall Street Journal reported that the design was very sensitive to vibration and sudden shocks, and had a development cost approaching US$3.5 billion ...
NROL-5 Capricorn, Molniya orbit: USA-155: 2000-080A 26635: 6 December 2000 Atlas IIAS: CCAFS, SLC-36A: NROL-10 Great Bear, geosynchronous satellite at 10° West USA-162: 2001-046A 26948: 11 October 2001 Atlas IIAS: CCAFS, SLC-36B: NROL-12 Aquila, geosynchronous satellite at 144° West USA-179: 2004-034A 28384: 31 August 2004 Atlas IIAS: CCAFS ...