A Minotaur IV rocket climbs away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday to deliver a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on Wednesday. Credit: Nora Wallace photo Bringing back ...

Wednesday's launch was the first Minotaur IV launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base since 2011 as part of the NROL-174 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. On Friday, April 18th ...

Why: Deliver more National Reconnaissance Office satellites to orbit for a mission dubbed NROL-145. Another Falcon 9 rocket conducted a similar mission April 12 from Vandenberg, successfully ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE ... stages -detailed below in an image courtesy of the National Reconnaissance Office- and three of them use government-furnished solid rocket motors from ...

The National Reconnaissance Office, in partnership with U.S. Space ... Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday at 12:33 p.m. (0 ...

In California, rockets launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. In Florida, rockets launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. If conditions are right ...

Vandenberg Space Force Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support two upcoming National Reconnaissance Office missions on Wednesday and Saturday, April 19. Lisa André covers lifestyle and ...

UPDATE (5:35 a.m.): The launch lifted off Saturday morning as planned with the first-stage later landing on the droneship. For the second time this week, SpaceX is set to launch from Vandenberg ...

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