flown by SpaceX USA

NROL-87

Success
FEB 02202220:27:26 UTC

Falcon 9 delivered USA-326, a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the US agency that operates the country's spy satellites, to a 512 km sun-synchronous orbit at 97.4° inclination.

In August 2022 Russia launched Kosmos 2558, a satellite of its Nivelir inspection series, into the same orbital plane. It periodically passed within about 60 to 70 km of USA-326.

launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-139 into SSO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Open on YouTube

Booster

B1071.1

Landed on ground pad · LZ-4

Payload

NROL-87

Reconnaissance

last updated Oct 25, 2026