NRO Mission Launches from NASA Wallops on Electron Rocket
NASA Space Technology Goddard Digital CrewMar 21, 2024NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the a hit start of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket at 3:25 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21, from Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.The rocket carried three collaborative review missions for the National Reconnaissance Attach of work (NRO). The mission, dubbed NROL-123, was the predominant NRO mission to flit on a Rocket Lab rocket launched from the US.“We're proud to enhance our commercial and authorities start companions with world-class start vary, security and make stronger companies,” acknowledged David L. Pierce, Wallops Flight Facility director. “It was an image ultimate start.”This was the third Electron start from Wallops and the fourth start from Rocket Lab’s Open Complex-2 in Virginia.The following start from Wallops is scheduled April 8, 2024, all thru the photo voltaic...
