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Fifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg

Fifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NRO Director Chris Scolese discusses the agency at an Oct. 3rd CSIS forum with Emily Harding (left), the director of CSIS' intelligence, national security, and technology program, and Kari Bingen (center), the director of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project (CSIS Photo)

NROL-126--the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) proliferated constellation--lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of Saturday morning with the aid of U.S. Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30, the NRO said. SpaceX has said that the launch also carries 20 Starlink satellites and one or more Starshield military/intelligence community satellites. The fourth launch in the NRO's planned architecture came on Oct. 24 in what the…

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