On Saturday, April 19th at 3:41 AM – 7:41 AM PDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and […]
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SpaceX sends NROL-192 spy satellites on Saturday on secret mission + two more NROL launches this week
On Saturday, April 12 at 5:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-192 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos by […]
BlueHalo selected by NGA for assessments of commercially acquired GEOINT data
BlueHalo has been selected as one of 10 vendors to provide unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision and analytic service capabilities for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite […]
SpaceX plans Thursday launch of NROL-113 reconnaissance satellites for secret government mission
A third batch of NROL satellites will be launched Thursday, September 5, at 6:14 PM – 10:14 PM PDT for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman […]
USGIF announces new leadership, she is Senior V.P. of Content and Community Engagement
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has announced that Carrie Drake has joined the organization’s leadership team as Senior Vice President of Content and Community Engagement. Carrie Drake brings […]
Firefly Aerospace closes 3rd Tranche of Series C Round + reaches million $$$ of financing
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has closed another tranche of financing, valuing the company at $1.5 billion pre-money with the round being led by existing investors including AE Industrial Partners, LP, as well as […]
United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of NROL-107 on mission for Space Systems Command and NRO
Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and their mission partners successfully launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission aboard an Atlas V rocket today at 8:47 a.m. EDT […]
NGA, NRO, USSPACECOM plan for threats to commercial satellites
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Command (SSC) recently signed a first-of-its-kind agreement outlining a framework to enable the protection of commercial remote […]
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awards contract extension to Kleos Space
Kleos Space Inc. (Kleos), subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered defense and intelligence technology company, has been awarded the Stage Two option on its current contract with the National […]
UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product
HawkEye 360 Inc. was awarded a contract from the NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) — this contract will assess, mature, integrate, and operationalize commercial RF intelligence into the NRO’s […]