Press Release

Media Accreditation Open for Minotaur I Rocket Launch June 15 from NASA Wallops

By SpaceRef Editor
May 17, 2021
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Media accreditation is open for the June 15 launch from Virginia of a Northrop Grumman Minotaur I rocket for the United States Space Force (USSF) carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The USSF Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise is providing the launch services for this mission, named NROL-111.

The rocket will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0B at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a limited number of media will be credentialed to cover the Minotaur I launch. Only media who are U.S. citizens may apply.

Media must apply for accreditation by 4 p.m. Friday, May 28, by sending a request to Keith Koehler at keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov.

The NRO is the Intelligence Community element and a Department of Defense agency responsible for developing, acquiring, launching, and operating America’s intelligence satellites to meet the national security needs of the nation.

Keith Koehler

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

SpaceRef staff editor.