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Delta IV Heavy NROL-91

Delta IV Heavy successfully launched on Sep 24, 2022 final launch of a Delta IV Heavy vehicle from Vandenberg.


Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6


Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy variant, Long bisector fairing, Delta IV boosters, RS-68A engines.


Payload: Classified NROL-91 mission from the National Reconnaissance Office, believed to be a KH-11 19 Electro-optical surveillance spy satellite.


1:96 Scale Model

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Atlas V USSF-8

Atlas V 500 series was successfully launched on Jan 21, 2022 on a mission for the United States Space Force.


Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41


Vehicle: First and only planned 511 configuration, AV-084, Short payload fairing and one GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket booster.


Payload: USSF-8 mission (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites—GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6)


1:96 Scale Model (photos by Silas Janosko and R. Garrett Cortelyou III)

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Delta IV Heavy NROL-82

Delta IV Heavy successfully launched on April 26, 2021


Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6


Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy variant, Long bisector fairing, Delta IV boosters, RS-68A engines.


Payload: Classified NROL-82 mission from the National Reconnaissance Office, believed to be an Advanced KH-II/12 optical spy satellite.


1:96 Scale Model

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Atlas V NROL-101

Atlas V 500 series was successfully launched on Nov 13, 2020 on a Classified mission from NROL.


Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41


Vehicle: 531 configuration, AV-090, first Atlas launch with updated GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket boosters.


Payload: Classified NROL-101


1:96 Scale Model