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This page contains philatelic information on National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The NROL designations, which refer to the launch not to the payload, started in 1996.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Trumpet (NRO) | Trumpet (NRO) | Trumpet (NRO) |
| NROL (NRO) | NROL (NRO) | NROL (NRO) |
| NROL (on other than NROL launch covers) |
Below is a list of National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trumpet (NRO) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
| National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) (NRO) | ||||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Topaz-3" / "NROL-39" |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage | 2013 | "NROL-34" launch (in 2011) |
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage, from MS20 (20x single) | 2013 | "NROL-65" launch (also launch date) |
Below is a list of National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Trumpet (NRO) | ||||
| 1994-05-03: Trumpet-1 | ||||
| United States | 1994-05-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Pasted-on) cachet on cover | Trumpet-1 launch |
| National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) (NRO) | ||||
| Items in this table are arranged chronologically, rather than by NROL number | ||||
| 1997-11-07: NROL-4 / Trumpet-3 | ||||
| United States | 1997-11-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | NROL-4 (Trumpet-3) launch |
| 2001-09-08: NROL-13 / NOSS-3-1A/1B | ||||
| United States | 2001-09-08 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-13 (NOSS-3-1A/1B) launch |
| 2001-10-05: NROL-14 / KH11-13 | ||||
| United States | 2001-10-05 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (SCP sticker) cachet on cover | NROL-14 (KH11-13) launch ("national security satellite") |
| 2005-10-19: NROL-20 / KH11-14 | ||||
| United States | 2005-10-19 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SCP mission-patch sticker) cachet on cover | NROL-20 (KH11-14) launch |
| 2006-06-28: NROL-22 / Trumpet-4 | ||||
| United States | 2006-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-22 (Trumpet-4) launch ("top-secret...payload") |
| 2007-06-15: NROL-30 | ||||
| United States | 2007-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Cyan printed) cachet on cover | NROL-30 launch ("secret satellites") |
| 2010-11-21: NROL-32 | ||||
| United States | 2010-11-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-32 launch |
| 2011-01-20: NROL-49 / KH11-15 | ||||
| United States | 2011-01-20 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-49 (KH11-15) launch |
| United States | 2011-01-20 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarmiento) cachet on cover | NROL-49 (KH11-15) launch ("classified payload") |
| 2011-02-06: NROL-66 | ||||
| United States | 2011-02-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-66 launch |
| 2011-03-11: NROL-27 / SDS-3-6 | ||||
| United States | 2011-03-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-27 (SDS-3-6) launch |
| United States | 2011-03-11 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-27 (SDS-3-6) launch |
| 2011-04-14: NROL-34 / NOSS-3-5A/5B | ||||
| United States | 2011-04-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-34 NOSS-3-5A/5B launch |
| 2012-04-03: NROL-25 | ||||
| United States | 2012-04-03 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-25 launch |
| 2012-06-20: NROL-38 / SDS-3-7 | ||||
| United States | 2012-06-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-38 (SDS-3-7) launch |
| 2012-06-29: NROL-15 | ||||
| United States | 2012-06-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-15 launch ("classified...payload") |
| United States | 2012-06-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-15 launch |
| 2012-09-13: NROL-36 / NOSS-3-6A/6B | ||||
| United States | 2012-09-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-36 (NOSS-3-6A/6B) launch |
| 2013-08-28: NROL-65 / KH11-16 | ||||
| United States | 2013-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarmiento) cachet on cover | NROL-65 (KH11-16) launch |
| United States | 2013-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-65 (KH11-16) launch |
| 2013-12-06: NROL-39 (and AeroCube-5A/5B and others) | ||||
| United States | 2013-12-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-39 launch |
| 2014-04-10: NROL-67 | ||||
| United States | 2014-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | NROL-67 launch |
| United States | 2014-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-67 launch |
| 2014-05-23: NROL-33 | ||||
| United States | 2014-05-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-33 launch |
| 2014-12-13: NROL-35 / Trumpet-6 | ||||
| United States | 2014-12-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-35 (Trumpet-6) launch |
| 2015-10-08: NROL-55 / NOSS-3-7A/7B (and OSCAR-85 and AeroCube-5C/7A and others) | ||||
| United States | 2015-10-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-55 (NOSS-3-7A/7B) launch |
| United States | 2015-10-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-55 (NOSS-3-7A/7B) launch |
| 2016-02-10: NROL-45 | ||||
| United States | 2016-02-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-45 launch ("classified payload" and "spy satellites") |
| United States | 2016-02-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-45 launch ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 2016-02-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-45 launch |
| 2016-06-11: NROL-37 | ||||
| United States | 2016-06-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-37 launch ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 2016-06-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-37 launch ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 2016-06-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-37 launch |
| 2016-07-28: NROL-61 / SDS-4-1 | ||||
| United States | 2016-07-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-61 (SDS-4-1) launch ("classified") |
| United States | 2016-07-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-61 (SDS-4-1) launch ("classified spacecraft payload") |
| United States | 2016-07-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-61 (SDS-4-1) launch |
| 2017-03-01: NROL-79 / NOSS-3-8A/8B | ||||
| United States | 2017-03-01 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-79 (NOSS-3-8A/8B) launch |
| 2017-05-01: NROL-76 | ||||
| United States | 2017-05-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-76 launch |
| 2017-09-24: NROL-42 / SBIRS-Heo-4 / Trumpet-7 | ||||
| United States | 2017-09-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-42 (SBIRS-Heo-4, Trumpet-7) launch |
| Finland | 2017-09-241 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-42 (SBIRS-Heo-4, Trumpet-7) launch |
| Finland | 2017-09-241 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet (slightly different) on cover | NROL-42 (SBIRS-Heo-4, Trumpet-7) launch |
| NROL-52 / SDS-4-2 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 2017-10-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) pre-launch: "scrubs and rollback" ("classified launch window") |
| United States | 2017-10-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) pre-launch: "scrubs and rollback" ("classified launch window") |
| 2017-10-15: NROL-52 / SDS-4-2 | ||||
| Finland | 2017-10-151 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) launch ("classified") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) launch ("classified spacecraft payload") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) launch ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-52 (SDS-4-2) launch |
| NROL-47 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Finland | 2018-01-10 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-47 pre-launch: "scrubbed" ("top secret") |
| 2018-01-12: NROL-47 | ||||
| United States | 2018-01-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-47 launch |
| NROL-71 / KH11-17 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Finland | 2018-12-18 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-71 (KH11-17) pre-launch: "scrubbed" |
| 2019-01-19: NROL-71 / KH11-17 | ||||
| Finland | 2019-01-19 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-71 (KH11-17) launch |
| United States | 2019-01-19 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | NROL-71 (KH11-17) launch ("classified satellite") |
| 2020-01-31: NROL-151 | ||||
| United States | 2020-01-30 | Huntington Beach CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-151 launch srubbed (mis-spelled "NROLL") |
| 2020-07-15: NROL-129 PL1/PL4 | ||||
| Finland | 2020-07-15 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-129 launch |
| United States | 2020-07-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-129 launch |
| United States | 2020-07-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-129 launch |
| NROL-101 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Finland | 2020-11-04 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-101 pre-launch: "scrubbed" |
| 2020-11-13: NROL-101 | ||||
| Finland | 2020-11-13 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch |
| United States | 2020-11-13 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch ("classified satellite" and "classified payload") |
| United States | 2020-11-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch ("classified spacecraft") |
| United States | 2020-11-13 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch ("classified spacecraft") |
| United States | 2020-11-13 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch |
| NROL-44 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Finland | 2020-10-01 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-44 pre-launch: "scrubbed" |
| 2020-12-11: NROL-44 | ||||
| United States | 2020-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-44 launch |
| United States | 2020-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover, also back | NROL-44 launch |
| United States | 2020-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-44 launch |
| United States | 2020-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-44 launch |
| United States | 2020-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-44 launch |
| 2020-12-19: NROL-108 | ||||
| United States | 2020-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-108 launch |
| United States | 2020-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-108 launch |
| 2021-04-26: NROL-82 / KH11-18 | ||||
| United States | 2021-04-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (JM) cachet on cover | NROL-82 (KH11-18) launch ("highly secretive satellite mission") |
| United States | 2021-04-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also insert | NROL-82 (KH11-18) launch ("classified mission") |
| United States | 2021-04-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet on cover | NROL-82 (KH11-18) launch |
| United States | 2021-04-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-82 (KH11-18) launch |
| 2022-02-02: NROL-87 | ||||
| United States | 2022-02-02 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-87 launch |
| United States | 2022-02-02 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover, also back | NROL-87 launch |
| 2022-04-17: NROL-85 / NOSS-3-9A/9B | ||||
| United States | 2022-04-17 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-85 (NOSS-3-9A/9B) launch |
| United States | 2022-04-17 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-85 (NOSS-3-9A/9B) launch |
| 2022-07-13: NROL-162 | ||||
| United States | 2022-07-13 | Long Beach CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-162 launch |
| 2022-08-04: NROL-199 | ||||
| United States | 2022-08-04 | Long Beach CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-199 launch |
| 2022-09-24: NROL-91 / KH11-19 | ||||
| United States | 2022-09-24 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (JM) cachet on cover | NROL-91 (KH11-19) launch |
| United States | 2022-09-24 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (JM) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-91 (KH11-19) launch |
| United States | 2022-09-24 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-91 (KH11-19) launch |
| 2023-06-22: NROL-68 | ||||
| United States | 2023-06-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | NROL-68 launch |
| United States | 2023-06-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-68 launch |
| 2023-09-10: NROL-107 | ||||
| United States | 2023-09-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-107 launch |
| United States | 2023-09-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | |
| 2024-03-21: NROL-123 (and AeroCube-16A/16B and Mola) | ||||
| United States | 2024-03-21 | Wallops Island VA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-123 launch |
| United States | 2024-03-21 | Wallops Island VA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-123 launch |
| 2024-04-09: NROL-70 | ||||
| United States | 2024-04-09 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-70 launch |
| United States | 2024-04-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-70 launch |
| 2024-05-22: NROL-146 | ||||
| United States | 2024-05-22 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | NROL-146 launch |
| United States | 2024-05-22 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-146 launch |
| 2024-06-29: NROL-186 | ||||
| United States | 2024-06-28 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-186 launch; ("NROL-146" in text on back) |
| United States | 2024-06-28 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-186 launch |
| 2024-09-06: NROL-113 | ||||
| United States | 2024-09-05 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-113 launch; ("NROL-146" and "NROL-186" in text on back); ("spysat constellation" on back) |
| United States | 2024-09-05 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-113 launch |
| 2024-10-24: NROL-167 | ||||
| United States | 2024-10-24 | Vandenberg CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-167 launch |
| United States | 2024-10-24 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-167 launch |
| 2024-11-30: NROL-126 (and Starlink-v2-Mini-GN-01-1/20) | ||||
| United States | 2024-11-30 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-126 launch |
| NROL (on other than NROL launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 2022-06-18 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet on SARah-1 cover back, also front | "NROL-85" and "NROL-87" |
1These Kerava, Finland, cancels read "xx.xx.2117" in error, with year 2017 intended.
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