{"id":25570,"date":"2020-02-05T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/?p=25570"},"modified":"2020-02-05T09:13:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:13:57","slug":"nrol-151-launches-first-dedicated-mission-from-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/nrol-151-launches-first-dedicated-mission-from-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"NROL-151 launches first dedicated mission from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A National Reconnaissance Office (<a href=\"http:\/\/nro.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NRO (opens in a new tab)\">NRO<\/a>) payload was successfully launched aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex-1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 3:56 p.m. NZDT on Jan. 31, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you to the entire team who helped make our first\ndedicated launch from New Zealand a success,\u201d said U.S. Air Force Colonel Chad\nDavis, director, NRO Office of Space Launch. \u201cWe especially thank the men and\nwomen of both Rocket Lab and the New Zealand Space Agency for their focus and\nhard work helping us achieve another successful mission for the NRO. We look\nforward to our continued collaboration.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NROL-151 is a national security payload designed, built and\noperated by the NRO and is the agency\u2019s first launch for 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, NROL-151 is the first launch under the NRO\u2019s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract, which was announced by the agency in April 2018. RASR enables the agency to explore new opportunities for launching small satellites through a streamlined, commercial approach. This approach allows the NRO to pursue the use of both large and small satellites for an integrated architecture designed to provide global coverage against a wide range of intelligence requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: NRO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was successfully launched aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex-1, Mahia 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