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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

SpaceX launches and lands NROL-48 on secret mission in dense fog from California on Monday

September 22, 2025

On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Droneship Landings, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Vandenberg SFB Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX to launch NROL-48 secret mission on Monday from California

September 21, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NROL, Reconnaissance, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Forces - Space, Vandenberg SFB, Weather Forecasting

Albedo awarded a Stage II contract from the NRO

August 3, 2025

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) award to Albedo expands on the company’s original NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements program—this milestone expands Albedo’s partnership with the NRO and positions its VLEO platform […]

Filed Under: Aerospace and Defense, Albedo, Award, Clarity-1 (Albedo), Defense, Defense Market, Defense Organization, Defense Payloads, Geointelligence, Geospatial Intelligence, Intelligence, Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR), Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), News, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Company, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, Smallsats VLEO, Strategic Enhancements Program (NRO), Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), VLEO

Space Systems Command partners with the National Reconnaissance Office for Proliferated Architecture Mission

April 20, 2025

 Statement from: The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) organization and their mission partners successfully supported the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office […]

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Assured Access to Space (AATS), Business Moves, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, Falcon 9, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Partnerships, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, United States Space Force (USSF), Warfighters

SpaceX’s Easter Sunday super foggy NROL-145 launch on a secret reconnaissance mission

April 20, 2025

On a very foggy Easter Sunday, April 20, at 5:29 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-145 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]

Filed Under: Falcon 9, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NROL, Reconnaissance, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, Space Launch Complex, SpaceX, Vandenberg SFB

Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO

April 16, 2025

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple […]

Filed Under: Communication Network, Cybersecurity, Defense Cybersecurity, Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Humanitarian, Humanitarian Funding, Launch Services, Military, Military Constellation, Minotaur IV Rocket, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Launch, Natural Disasters, Northrop Grumman, NROL, Orion, Payloads, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP - SSC), Satellites, SpaceX, Team Forces, Teaming, U.S. Space Force, Vandenberg SFB, Warfighters

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

Northrop Grumman ready to launch NROL-174 the 2nd secret mission launch in a week, and one more to come

April 14, 2025

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command/Rocket Systems Launch Program, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, are scheduled to launch the […]

Filed Under: Department of Defense (DoD), Falcon 9, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military, Minotaur IV Rocket, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Natural Disasters, Networks, Northrop Grumman, NROL, Orion, Orion Capsule, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP - SSC), Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Strategy, Vandenberg SFB

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

SpaceX plans NROL-192 launch of spy satellites on secret mission this Saturday

April 11, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-192 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Constellation, Droneship, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security, NROL, Reconnaissance, Satellites, Space Intelligence, space-based intelligence and surveillance, SpaceX, Vandenberg SFB

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