flown by SpaceX USA

NROL-145

Success
APR 20202512:29:00 UTC

NROL-145 Mission (NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission). 10th batch of SpaceX/Northrop built 22 Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office, and the first NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission launched under the USSF's NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract.

launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-461 into SSO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Booster

B1082.12

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    USA-523 - USA-544 (Starshield Group 1-9)

    Reconnaissance

  • 02

    NROL-145 (22 Starshield satellites)

last updated Jun 16, 2026