SpaceX
NROL-172
SUCCESS
✓ Mission success
On 12 MAY · 02:13 UTC 2026, Falcon 9 Block 5 delivered NROL-172 to Unknown.
- T-0 (flown)
- 12 MAY · 02:13 UTC
- Window
- 4 hr
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- NROL-172
- Orbit
- Unknown
Mission
Thirteenth 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.