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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Minotaur IV | NROL-174. It is scheduled to be launched by Northrop Grumman Space Systems from Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2025-04-16 19:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 8 out of 800 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Government/Top Secret and the payload will be injected into an Unknown (N/A).

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

• [2025-04-16 19:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Minotaur IV | NROL-174 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-04-18 13:37:00 UTC] 🟨 Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-04-19 10:41:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-04-21 08:15:34 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-04-24 22:22:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-04-25 01:32:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-74 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-04-29 09:15:00 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Biomass from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (KA-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Eris-1 | Maiden Flight from Bowen Orbital Spaceport.
• [2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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