Thursday’s historic launch of NROL-70 relates a partnership between the NRO and ULA that began with the first launch in 2006 that now totals 34 consecutive successes. ULA’s Wednesday update […]
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Rocket Lab lets it fly with ‘Live and Let Fly’ its first launch for NRO’s spy satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance […]
Rocket Lab’s Thursday ‘Live and Let Fly’ mission is first launch for NRO
Rocket Lab is ramping up for a launch Thursday, March 21 at 2:40 am from Launch Complex 2, NASA Wallops Flight Facility at Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops, […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is developing spy satellites in Pentagon’s mega military push
Elon Musk-led SpaceX is building hundreds of spy satellites under a classified with the US’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, Reuters reported. As per […]
SSC prepares NROL-70 mission aboard ULA’s final Delta IV Heavy rocket for the NRO
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to launch the NROL-70 mission aboard the final Delta IV […]
Firefly Aerospace selected by National Reconnaissance Office as launch provider with Alpha Rocket
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to serve as a launch provider with the firm’s Firefly’s Alpha rocket. As part of the NRO’s Streamlined […]
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 […]
DLA Energy supports space missions from coast to coast
From coast to coast, Defense Logistics Agency Energy is helping to launch rockets and equipment into space. The DLA Energy Aerospace team fueled two space missions this month: the first […]
Northrop Grumman’s GEM solid rocket motors help to power ULA’s successful NROL-107 launch
Five Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket boosters helped power the successful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch of a national security payload, […]
United Launch Alliance’s successful launch for joint national security mission
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off […]