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NROL-162 and NROL-199 are missions awarded to Rocket Lab under the NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.
The second RASR mission for the NRO was deployed on an Electron launch in June 2020.
Electron successfully delivered the National Reconnaissance Office national security payload NROL-162 to space.
NROL-162 and NROL-199 are the third and fourth missions awarded to Rocket Lab by the National Reconnaissance Office under the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.
NROL-162 and NROL-199 are classified reconnaissance satellites developed jointly by the National Reconnaissance Office and the Australian government.
The NRO worked with the New Zealand Space Agency, which licensed Rocket Lab’s launch of NROL-162.
NROL-199 is planned for 2022-07-22 as the second of the two NRO missions developed with the Australian Department of Defence.
NROL-162 is the first of two NRO missions that the agency developed in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
The payloads on NROL-162 and NROL-199 were designed, built, and are operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
The Australian Department of Defence and the National Reconnaissance Office have committed to a broad range of cooperative satellite activities to expand Australia’s space knowledge and capabilities.
The partnership with Australia is part of the National Reconnaissance Office’s broader effort to create a more integrated space architecture to support U.S. and allied surveillance needs.
Rocket Lab launched the NROL-162 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on 2022-07-13 from the company’s launch complex in New Zealand.
The satellites for NROL-162 and NROL-199 were designed, built, and will be operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defense.
The satellites flying on NROL-162 and NROL-199 will support the National Reconnaissance Office by providing critical information to government agencies and decision makers monitoring international issues.
Rocket Lab plans to deploy satellites to space for the National Reconnaissance Office within 10 days of each other on the two scheduled Electron launches.
The NROL-162 and NROL-199 missions are the third and fourth RASR missions contracted to Rocket Lab by the NRO under the RASR contract.
Frank Calvelli served a 30-year career at the National Reconnaissance Office overseeing satellite and ground system acquisitions.
Space Delta 18 will support the space intelligence community that includes the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office.
The SARah-1 booster had flown two National Reconnaissance Office missions earlier in 2024 and landed back at the Vandenberg launch site after the 2022-06-18 launch.
Planet’s $146,000,000 initial NRO commitment nearly doubled Planet’s backlog, which stood at $152,000,000 on 2023-04-30.