The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-192 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 12, 2025, at 8:25 a.m. EDT.
This mission is the ninth overall launch of the NRO’s architecture and third proliferated launch of 2025. The rapid deployment of NRO’s proliferated constellation directly supports the needs of the people NRO serves – intelligence analysts, warfighters, policymakers, and first responders. Having hundreds of NRO satellites on orbit will allow for critical data to be delivered to NRO’s stakeholders faster than ever before.
Over the past two years, NRO has launched more than 150 satellites, creating the largest and most capable government constellation on orbit in our nation’s history. Continuing with this momentum, 2025 is set to be another dynamic year, with approximately one dozen NRO launches scheduled. Approximately half of these launches will focus on advancing the NRO’s proliferated architecture with additional proliferated launches planned through 2029, ensuring sustained growth and innovation.
Source: NRO
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