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This page contains (selected) 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.
| 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 |
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| 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 (Selected) 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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| (Selected) Trumpet (NRO) | ||||
| 1994-05-03: Trumpet-1 | ||||
| United States | 1994-05-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Pasted-on) cachet on cover | Trumpet-1 launch |
| (Selected) National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL) (NRO) | ||||
| Items in this table are arranged chronologically, rather than by satellite number | ||||
| 1997-11-07: NROL-4 / Trumpet-3 | ||||
| United States | 1997-11-07 | Cape Canaeveral 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 launch |
| 2001-10-05: NROL-14 / KH11-13 | ||||
| United States | 2001-10-05 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (SCP) 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) cachet on cover | NROL-20 (KH11-14) launch |
| 2006-06-28: NROL-22 | ||||
| United States | 2006-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-22 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 launch |
| United States | 2011-01-20 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarmiento) cachet on cover | NROL-49 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 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 launch |
| 2013-08-28: NROL-65 / KH11-16 | ||||
| United States | 2013-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarmiento) cachet on cover | NROL-65 launch |
| 2014-04-10: NROL-67 | ||||
| United States | 2014-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | NROL-67 launch |
| 2015-10-08: NROL-55 / NOSS-3-7A/7B (and OSCAR-85 and others) | ||||
| United States | 2015-10-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-55 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") |
| 2017-03-01: NROL-79 / NOSS-3-8A/8B | ||||
| United States | 2017-03-01 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | NROL-79 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 | ||||
| Finland | 2017-09-241 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-42 (SBIRS-Heo-4) launch |
| Finland | 2017-09-241 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet (slightly different) on cover | NROL-42 (SBIRS-Heo-4) launch |
| 2017-10-15: NROL-52 / SDS-4-2 | ||||
| United States | 2017-10-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 launch scubbed ("classified launch window") |
| United States | 2017-10-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 launch scubbed ("classified launch window") |
| Finland | 2017-10-151 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-52 launch ("classified") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | NROL-52 launch ("classified spacecraft payload") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | NROL-52 launch ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on cover, also back | NROL-52 launch |
| 2018-01-12: NROL-47 | ||||
| Finland | 2018-01-10 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-47 launch "scrubbed" ("top secret") |
| 2019-01-19: NROL-71 / KH11-17 | ||||
| Finland | 2018-12-18 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-71 (KH11-17) launch "scrubbed" |
| 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 |
| 2020-11-13: NROL-101 | ||||
| Finland | 2020-11-04 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-101 launch "scrubbed" |
| 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 |
| 2020-12-11: NROL-44 | ||||
| Finland | 2020-10-01 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | NROL-44 launch "scrubbed" |
| 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 |
| 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 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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