"The idea of the mission is to put a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, and then to be looking at that orbital regime and get a sense of what's happening day to day," said NRO Director Chris Scolese.

The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX's Starlink satellite assembly line to build a network of at least 100 satellites, and perhaps many more, to monitor adversaries around the world. So far ...

based Xplore. Other companies receiving contracts under NRO’s multi-stage Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement Framework include BlackSky Technology, which is based in ...

SpaceX conducted its fifth launch of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) proliferated architecture on Saturday from California. The NRO said it partnered with the U.S. Space Force’s Space ...

WASHINGTON — Following the launch of a classified mission April 20, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has reached a new milestone, deploying more than 200 satellites into orbit in just ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --SpaceX launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carried the NROL-146 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to space after liftoff from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 4 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT ...

The Space Force, Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office are deepening collaboration as they explore better ways to provide critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) ...

The NRO, an intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, is working to remedy the situation, the spokesperson said. The data was still available on the DOGE website on Friday. Sign up here.

The U.S. Space Force and NRO launch a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket on April 16. Credit: NRO The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple ...