NROL-71 lifts off

By January 31, 2019
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A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, at 11:10 a.m. PST, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.

“We are very happy to have achieved another successful launch in support of our country’s national security mission,” said Colonel Matthew Skeen, USAF, Director, NRO Office of Space Launch. “This launch, like the ones that have come before, represents years of hard work and dedication from our government and industry team members and serves as a true testament to the meaning of teamwork. We thank each and every one of them for their commitment to helping place this critical space asset on orbit. ”

NROL-71 is a national security payload designed, built and operated by the NRO and is the agency’s first launch for 2019.

Source: NRO

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  • Mike Beuster
    February 1, 2019 - 11:11 pm

    See: NROL-71 Liftoff picture Delta Heavy https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/201919-192902.jpg – Note: Klingon on a NRO launch patch/coin – Hey you guys, Wanted to let you all know that ‘someone’ in my program office suggested having Klingon on our launch patch and the Director of the NRO has approved it! So NROL-71 will have “nuv quo’ vaD jab” (Servin Greg L. May 2, 2015 9:26 AM) – nuv qo’vaD jab Translates to “to the world the people serve”. Where’d you see that though? Only patch I’ve found for this mission is English (“Serving those who serve”, which is close enough that its probably the intended translation)

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