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NROL-48

commercial rocket govt customer

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Payloads
8 Assets
Assets deployed on this mission
USA 558
active
USA 559
active
Launch Details

Launch Date

9/22/2025

Launch Site

South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

, US

Launch Vehicle

Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)

Mission Stats
Orbit
N/A
Operator
Unknown
Price (Est)
Secret
Payload Count
8
USA 560
active
USA 561
active
USA 562
active
USA 563
active
USA 564
active
USA 565
active
Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

Space-Track cataloging shows the NROL-48 deployment orbits as approximately 464 x 470 kilometers with a 70.0 degree inclination.

Mentioned as: NROL-48Source

NROL-48 launched on September 22, 2025 at 17:38:00 UTC from Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-4E on a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle.

Mentioned as: NROL-48Source

Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT.

Mentioned as: NROL-48Source

The NROL-48 mission consists of satellites built by Northrop Grumman on commercial Starlink buses with military-grade payloads for national security.

Mentioned as: NROL-48Source

The NROL-48 mission will launch the eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: NROL-48Source