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Minotaur I delivers NROL-111's classified payload to orbit
The National Reconnaissance Office returns to Virginia's Eastern Shore in June 2021, launching atop the Minotaur I rocket.
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U.S. Space Force and Space and Missile Systems Center successfully launches NROL-101 mission
United Launch Alliance delivers NROL-101 to orbit aboard a recently-upgraded Atlas V rocket, flying with Northrop Grumman GEM-63 Solid Rocket Boosters for the first time.
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NROL-44 launch now targeting September 26, 2020
United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy is now scheduled to launch the National Reconnaissance Office's L-44 mission during a 94-minute window on September 26.
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Minotaur IV rocket successfully launches NRO payload
Wallops Island hosts its first Space Force launch, National Reconnaissance Office's L-129 mission.
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