[Launch Alert] Falcon 9 Launched

[Launch Alert]

A Falcon 9 rocket was launched this morning from Vandenberg SFB, Calif. at 5:25 a.m. PDT. The following is a National Reconnaissance Office news release about the launch:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2025

NRO Launches Ninth Proliferated Architecture Mission with NROL-192

Rapid deployment of NRO's proliferated constellation benefits national customers

CHANTILLY, Va. - The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S.
Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-192 mission
aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space
Force Base in California on April 12, 2025, at 8:25 a.m. EDT.

Today's mission is the ninth overall launch of the NRO's architecture and third proliferated
launch of 2025. The rapid deployment of NRO's proliferated constellation directly supports the
needs of the people NRO serves – intelligence analysts, warfighters, policymakers, and first
responders. Having hundreds of NRO satellites on orbit will allow for critical data to be
delivered to NRO's stakeholders faster than ever before.

Over the past two years, NRO has launched more than 150 satellites, creating the largest and
most capable government constellation on orbit in our nation's history. Continuing with this
momentum, 2025 is set to be another dynamic year, with approximately one dozen NRO
launches scheduled. Approximately half of these launches will focus on advancing the NRO's
proliferated architecture with additional proliferated launches planned through 2029, ensuring
sustained growth and innovation.

For more than 60 years, the NRO has successfully met the needs of its U.S. intelligence, military, civil, and allied partners. It remains the world's leader in unique intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems. The NRO's next-generation systems will help ensure that the right data is delivered to the right user at the right time, faster than ever before.

Additional information on upcoming launches will be available at NRO.gov/launch.

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Ever since its inception at the dawn of the space age more than 60 years ago, the NRO has
brought the farthest reaches of the planet into our grasp - to see it, hear it, and sense it. Today,
the NRO is building on that legacy of innovation, harnessing the limitless potential of space tomake our nation even safer and stronger. Learn more at NRO.gov.