Secret US Spy Satellites Launched Using Repurposed ICBM 🚀 from California

Northrop Grumman's Minotaur IV rocket successfully launched the NROL-174 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking a covert milestone in space surveillance technology.

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A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launched the NROL-174 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

It was the first launch of a Minotaur IV from the site since 2011, the NRO said via X.

Credit: Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi / Space Launch Delta 30 | edited by Space.com

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