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NRO does not typically share details about its classified payloads. In this case, the group noted ahead of the launch that NROL-82 is a \u201cnational security payload designed, built and operated by the agency. NROL-82 supports NRO\u2019s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to the United States\u2019 senior policy makers, the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The satellite was launched into orbit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVoo0Q4hNpw\">on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cULA is proud of our long-standing history supporting national security space. The unmatched performance of the Delta IV Heavy is essential for launching some of our nation\u2019s most critical national security space missions,\u201d ULA Vice President of Government and Commercial Programs Gary Wentz said in a statement ahead of the launch. \u201cIt takes a cross-functional team to support a national security launch and we would like to thank our mission partners for their continued trust, collaboration and teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NROL-82 was the agency\u2019s first launch of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/12\/21\/nro-partners-with-spacex-for-final-launch-of-2020\/\">NRO carried out six launche<\/a>s, using four launch providers and five different types of rockets to get its payloads into space. The agency began 2020 with its first ever launch from New Zealand with a Rocket Lab Electron rocket.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency\u2019s next launch mission will be NROL-111, which will launch later this spring from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRO utilized a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket for the 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