NROL-146 Mission
NROL-146 was the first operational launch for the National Reconnaissance Office's proliferated architecture, deploying smaller reconnaissance spacecraft intended to improve collection responsiveness, revisit frequency, delivery speed, and resilience. Payload identities and detailed orbital information remain classified.
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Identity
- Aliases
- NROL-146NRO proliferated architecture launch 1
- Name
- NROL-146 Mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NROL-146 was the first operational launch for the National Reconnaissance Office's proliferated architecture, deploying smaller reconnaissance spacecraft intended to improve collection responsiveness, revisit frequency, delivery speed, and resilience. Payload identities and detailed orbital information remain classified.
- End Date
- 2024-05-22
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully launched the first operational mission of the NRO's proliferated architecture
- Program
- NRO proliferated architecture
- Start Date
- 2024-05-22
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nro.gov/Launches/launch-nrol-146/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:00:24 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:00:24 UTC
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