Orbital ATK wins $29.2 million contract for NRO launch

NRO-111 is expected to blast off sometime in the next 24 months aboard a Minotaur 1 launch vehicle.

by Phillip SwartsDecember 9, 2016January 23, 2023

A U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense's ORS-1 satellite was launched June 29, 2011, from NASA’s Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

The U.S. Air Force awarded Orbital ATK a $29.2 million fixed-price contract to launch a Minotaur 1 rocket on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) within the next 24 months, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced Dec. 8

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