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ULA Delta IV Lofts NRO Payload into Orbit in First National Security Space Launch This Year

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

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ULA Delta IV Lofts NRO Payload into Orbit in First National Security Space Launch This Year

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off during the NROL-82 mission on Apr. 26 (ULA Photo)

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket lifted a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) classified payload to orbit for the NRO Launch-82 (NROL-82) mission on Apr. 26. The launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. was the first U.S. Space Force (USSF) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) this year and the NRO's 18th mission from Vandenberg since 2006, per USSF's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The NRO has relied on the Delta IV Heavy rocket for lofting the agency's weightiest…

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