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Minotaur IV | NROL-174
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April 16, 2025, 12:33 p.m.
Government/Top Secret
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9
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Upcoming Events
Change of Command
April 18, 2025
ISS Expedition 72-73 Change of Command Ceremony
International Space StationROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin, Expedition 72 commander, will hand over the International Space Station command to JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi who will become commander of Expedition 73.
Press Event
April 18, 2025
SpaceX CRS-32 Prelaunch media teleconference
OnlinePrelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Zebulon Scoville, deputy manager, Transportation Integration Office, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX - Jimmy Taeger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Space …
Farewell Ceremony
April 19, 2025
Soyuz MS-26 Farewell Ceremony & Hatch Closing
International Space StationNASA will livestream the farewell ceremony and hatch closing of the Soyuz MS-26 crew ahead of its return to Earth.
Spacecraft Undocking
April 19, 2025
Soyuz MS-26 Undocking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of reentry and landing in Kazakhstan.
Minotaur IV
NROL-174
Space Launch Complex 8 - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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NS-31
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-73
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NROL-192
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TJSW-17
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Soyuz MS-27
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