Press Release | March 15, 2025

NRO Successfully Launches Research & Development Demonstrator

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) successfully launched a research & development (R&D) demonstrator aboard the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 15, 2025, at 2:43 a.m. EDT.

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