A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket is launching the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), scheduled for September 24, 2022, at 2:53 p.m. PDT (5:53 […]
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New National Reconnaissance Office Deputy Director + Space Element Commander
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has formally announced Brig. Gen. Christopher Povak as the new NRO deputy director and commander of the Space Force Element. Povak assumed command in a […]
UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket pushes NROL-199 to the satellite’s assigned slot
At 05:00 UTC on August 4, 2022, Rocket Lab successfully launched the company’s second of two, back-to-back, national security missions for the National Reconnaissance Office. Highlights of this mission include: […]
UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has successfully launched the first of two responsive space missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Following lift-off of […]
Rocket Lab’s two upcoming smallsat Launch Responsive Missions 10 days apart for National Reconnaissance Office
These twin missions will be a demonstration of responsive launch under NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract for launching small satellite through a streamlined, commercial approach, and […]
NRO’s Largest Award Of Commercial Imagery Contracts Worth Billions To Three Companies
Valued at billions of dollars over the next decade, these contracts mark a historic expansion of the NRO’s acquisition of commercial imagery to meet increasing customer demands with greater capacity […]
National Reconnaissance Officer Is Partnering With The UK’s MOD For The 1st Commercial Rocket Launch From The UK Via Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is partnering with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) on the historic, first commercial rocket to be launched from the UK, as announced […]
SpaceX + USSF’s Delta 30 Successfully Launch The NROL-85 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the NROL-85 mission pushed off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, April17, at 6:13 […]
Capella Space Receives NRO Contract To Demo SAR Satellite Capabilities
Capella Space has been contracted by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to demonstrate the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery capabilities. Through this contract, Capella will work with the NRO […]
ICEYE Receives NRO Contract To Demo SAR Satellite Capabilities
ICEYE US, a subsidiary of ICEYE, has received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). This contract enables ICEYE US to participate in the NRO’s evaluation of commercial, remote […]