The mission, designated NROL-174, lifted off at 3:33 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg.

Discover the details of the NROL-174 mission launched by the National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman.

COLORADO SPRINGS—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects to launch a trio of missions this month, two of which will ...

Space Team live mission updates, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before Monday's target liftoff time.

Multiple national security payloads launched with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from ...

April 12 (UPI) --SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California ... at 5:25 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's pad 4E.

deputy director of the NRO Office of Space Launch, said in a post-launch statement. "Now modified for space launch, it completed its final mission of placing a national security payload on orbit ...

These capabilities make it “harder for our adversaries to hide,” the director of the National Reconnaissance Office said Tuesday.

SpaceX has launched at a rate nearly 34 times higher than United Launch Alliance since the start of 2023, but ULA has more ...