On March 21, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, announced that it successfully launched the NROL-57 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 21, 2025, at 2:49 a.m. EDT.
The mission is the eighth overall launch of the NRO’s proliferated architecture and second proliferated launch of 2025. The steady deployment of this program is quickly growing the U.S. government’s largest and most resilient intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance constellation.
This latest proliferated NRO mission continues to increase the nation’s space-based intelligence capabilities to address strategic national security needs. Over the past two years, NRO has launched more than 150 satellites, creating the largest and most capable government constellation on orbit in the 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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