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SpaceX to launch NROL-145 on Saturday building largest government constellation — ever

April 16, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Civil, Commercial, Commercial Satellite Data, Constellation, Droneship, Fairings, Fairings, Falcon 9, Government, Imager, Imagery, Innovation, Launches, Liquid Propellant, Military, Minotaur IV Rocket, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NRO, NROL, Operational Resilience, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), Propellant, Propellant Systems, Reconnaissance, Reusable, Reusable Rocket, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP - SSC), Satellite Innovation, Satellite Technology, Satellites, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Forces — Space, Vandenberg SFB, Warfighters

SpaceX sends NROL-192 spy satellites on Saturday on secret mission + two more NROL launches this week

April 12, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (A-ISR), Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Falcon 9, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NRO, NRO Contract, NROL, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, Vandenberg SFB Tagged With: Featured

BlueHalo selected by NGA for assessments of commercially acquired GEOINT data

December 16, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Analytics, BlueHalo, Business Moves, Constellation, Contract Extension, Contract Follow-On, Contracts, Data Analytics, Detection Analytics, Geospatial Data and Analytics, IDIQ, LEO, Military, Military Contracts, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), News, NRO, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, smallsats, Space Analytics

SpaceX plans Thursday launch of NROL-113 reconnaissance satellites for secret government mission

September 2, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Constellations, Imaging, Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR), Military, Military Constellations, Northrop Grumman, NRO, NROL, Reconnaissance, smallsats, SpaceX, U.S.Government

USGIF announces new leadership, she is Senior V.P. of Content and Community Engagement

August 14, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Community, Content, Department of Defense (DoD), Geospatial, Geospatial Intelligence, Leadership, Maxar, Membership, Military, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), NRO, Programs, Senior Vice President, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), USSOCOM

Firefly Aerospace closes 3rd Tranche of Series C Round + reaches million $$$ of financing

November 19, 2023

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Elytra Orbital Vehicle, Financing Round, Firefly Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Military, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NRO, Series C, Tranche

United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of NROL-107 on mission for Space Systems Command and NRO

September 10, 2023

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 […]

Filed Under: Atlas V, Military, NRO, NROL, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force, United Launch Alliance Tagged With: Featured

NGA, NRO, USSPACECOM plan for threats to commercial satellites

August 31, 2023

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Anomaly Reporting Investigation Response, Commercial Imagery, Commercial Remote Sensing Space Assets, Commercial Space Protection Tri-Seal Strategic Framework, Military, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), News, NRO, Remote Sensing, SSC, Threat Information Sharing, U.S. Space Command, USSPACECOM Tagged With: Featured

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awards contract extension to Kleos Space

April 2, 2023

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Kleos Space, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security, NRO, RF Reconnaissance, Space-Based Surveillance

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

October 17, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Analytics, Comms, Constellation, Data Acquisition, Data Analytics, Earth Observation (EO), Geospatial, Geospatial Intelligence, Mapping Product, Military, NRO, RF, Signals, Situational Awareness, SmallSat

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