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NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

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NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday morning successfully launched its sixth and final proliferated satellite architecture mission of the year, marking 10 total missions in the last 19 months that have delivered more than 100 payloads on orbit. NRO previously said that it had planned to launch more than six proliferated architecture missions in 2024 (Defense Daily, Oct. 24). The NROL-149 mission was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and launched aboard a…

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