SpaceX conducted its first West Coast Falcon 9 launch of the year, which will feature the latest batch of Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. The NROL-153 mission is […]
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
SpaceX to launch NROL-153 mission Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-153 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff […]
NRO launches sixth mission of Proliferated Architecture with NROL-149 and the last launch of 2024
Statement from the National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-149 mission aboard a […]
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 […]
Space Force’s first Silent Barker satellites to go live in early 2025
The Space Force developed and launched Silent Barker jointly with the National Reconnaissance Office. The spacecraft’s mission is largely classified, but the service has said its role is to track […]
SpaceX launches secret NROL-126 mission, the second launch from two coasts on Saturday
On Saturday, November 30 at 12:10 a.m. PT, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30, and SpaceX watched as the Falcon […]
Impulse Space awarded BALISTA contract by NRO
Impulse Space has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) as a recipient of a BALISTA (Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and […]
SpaceX launches on beautiful California beach the NROL-167 on top secret mission for National Reconnaissance Office
The day was picture perfect in California so that on Thursday, October 24 at 10:13 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) […]
SpaceX’s top secret NROL-167 mission ready to roll on Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff […]
U.S.S.F’s SSC issues 2 Task Orders for National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1
First Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders issued under dual-lane acquisition strategy expandslaunch service provider pool for national security launches. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded National […]