https://www.spacex.com/launches/nrol179
ЦитироватьJune 18, 2026 11:54 - 12:29 Moscow Time
NROL-179 Mission
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, June 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-179 (https://www.nro.gov/launches/launch-nrol-179/) mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 35-minute launch window opens at 1:54 a.m. PT with a backup opportunity available at 1:40 a.m. PT on Friday, June 19.
A live webcast of the NROL-179 mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX).
This will be the third flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base...
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All Times Approximate
Hr/Min/Sec Event
00:01:02 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:10 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:14 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:22 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:56 Fairing separation
00:03:21 Boostback burn ends
00:06:01 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:18 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:18 1st stage landing burn begins
00:07:43 1st stage lands on Landing Zone 4
ЦитироватьNROL-179 (https://www.nro.gov/launches/launch-nrol-179/)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX is scheduled to launch THE NROL-179 MISSION ON June 18, 2026, FROM SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX-4E AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE (VSFB), CALIFORNIA.
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About the Mission Emblem
The emblem's blue circles artistically depict a proliferated constellation of satellites, reflecting the new paradigm for assets the NRO is putting on orbit. The constellation design also suggests an eye's iris, reflecting the NRO's reconnaissance mission – seeing Earth from the perspective of stars. Additional design elements include the limitless horizon and the path to orbit with a four-point star. The tagline, "Strength in Numbers," describes the NRO's new strategy of a proliferated overhead architecture – numerous, smaller satellites designed for capability and resilience.
Expanding Capability, Increasing Resilience
Today, the NRO's mission is more challenging than ever, driven by a host of forces including advancements in technology, the rapid pace of innovation, intensifying stakeholder demands, and ever-evolving threats. These forces are converging to create once-in-a-generation changes in how the NRO develops and acquires new technologies, applies innovation, and collaborates with partners and allies.
To stay ahead of the competition and ensure it can continue to operate in a heightened threat environment, the NRO is modernizing its architecture in space and on the ground – delivering more capability faster with increased resilience. A greater number of satellites – large and small, government and commercial, in multiple orbits – will deliver an order of magnitude more signals and images than is available today.
The NRO continues to build and fortify the largest government constellation in history, with proliferated launches continuing through 2029. Having hundreds of NRO satellites on orbit is invaluable to our nation and our partners. They will provide greater revisit rates, increasing coverage, faster delivery of information, and ultimately help us to more quickly deliver what our customers need.
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Proliferated Architecture
On May 22, 2024, the NRO marked a new era of increased volume and diversity of on-orbit and ground systems with the first launch of its proliferated system, NROL-146. The NRO continued it's rapid expansion of this system with eleven successful launches between 2024-2025. Building on this momentum, 2026 is poised to be another dynamic year with a robust launch schedule. Many of these missions will advance the NRO's proliferated architecture, with additional proliferated launches planned through 2029 to ensure sustained growth and innovation.
The NRO's proliferated system will increase timeliness of access, diversify communication pathways, and enhance resilience. It will provide greater revisit rates and increased coverage, and eliminate single points of failure. With hundreds of small satellites on orbit, data will be delivered in minutes or even seconds. This will ensure the analysts, warfighters, and civil agencies NRO serves receive actionable information faster than ever before.
NRO's Geospatial Intelligence Systems Acquisitions Directorate (GEOINT) is delivering components of the NRO's multi-phenomenology proliferated architecture. GEOINT's contribution to the NRO's proliferated architecture includes electro-optical, radar, and relay satellites. Additionally, these relay satellites enable inter-satellite optical communications and serve as a key component of the NRO's resilient communications architecture as well as the Department of War's (DoW) upcoming Space-Data Network.
The NRO's proliferated architecture, in addition to our other ISR systems, supports multiple missions across the intelligence and DoW communities, including the ground moving target indicator mission as part of the DoW's space-based sensing and targeting architecture.
Завтра
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8271/
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Liftoff Time (UTC)
08:40:00
Friday June 19, 2026
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Hazard Map for NROL-179
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