Minotaur I launches NROL-111

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle launched the NROL-111 mission from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) Pad 0B at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on 15 June 2021, at 13:35 UTC (09:35 EDT). The NROL-111 mission delivered three national security payloads to low Earth orbits for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The Minotaur I SLV consists of two solid-fueled motors from decommissioned Minuteman ICBMs as the lower stages and two solid-fueled commercial solid rocket motors as upper stages. Credit: Northrop Grumman/NASA/National Reconnaissance Office #NROL111