Classified NROL-172 mission launched from Vandenberg for the National Reconnaissance Office, deploying another batch of satellites — believed to be Starshield spacecraft — for the NRO's proliferated low Earth orbit reconnaissance constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T
- Flight
- 580th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 12 May 2026, 02:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-103
- Launches in 2026
- 108th of 243
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