The U.S. Space Force on July 15 launched four classified payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) aboard a Northrop Grumman [NOC] Minotaur IV rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0B of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The NROL-129 mission was the first dedicated NRO launch from the Wallops Flight Facility, the agency's 54th launch since 1996 and the NRO's first launch on a Minotaur IV. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Rose, the chief of the small launch…
