SILENTBARKER 2/NROL-118

SILENTBARKER 2 (NROL-118), a classified joint NRO and Space Systems Command space-domain-awareness mission to geosynchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. One of ULA's eleven missions in the FY24 NSSL Phase 2 final-year order. Follow-on to the first SILENTBARKER GEO surveillance pair; payload details undisclosed.

Status

Date TBD

Target orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Date and time

2026

Rocket

Vulcan

Operator

United Launch Alliance

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Government/Top Secret