NROL-179
NROL-179 launched on Falcon 9 Block 5 (SpaceX) from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, Fri, 19 Jun 2026, 08:50 UTC. Result: Launch Successful.
Fourteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Status
- Launch Successful
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret