The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense and a member of the United States Intelligence Community that designs, builds, launches, and operates reconnaissance satellites for the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence, including signals intelligence (SIGINT), imagery intelligence (IMINT), and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), to various government agencies like the NSA, NGA, and DIA. The NRO partners with organizations such as the U.S. Space Force, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX, and its activities include developing advanced satellite technology and launching assets into orbit. Keywords associated with the NRO include: reconnaissance satellites, intelligence, national security, and space-based surveillance.
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The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office pays Maxar about $300,000,000 per year for access to Maxar’s four high-resolution imagery satellites and image archives.
The National Reconnaissance Office operates U.S. government-owned spy satellites.
U.S. National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese warned that Russia's military could target satellites to disrupt communications and GPS services.
PredaSAR is one of five synthetic aperture radar imagery providers selected by the National Reconnaissance Office for study contracts.
Frank Calvelli worked for 30 years at the National Reconnaissance Office.
HySpecIQ was founded in 2013 and won a National Reconnaissance Office study contract in 2019.
The National Reconnaissance Office plans to start buying commercial space radar data from several vendors.
The National Reconnaissance Office planned to launch as many as seven missions in 2022, a mix of commercially procured and NSSL launches.
NROL-87 was the NRO’s first mission launched by a Falcon 9 procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
The contracts awarded by the National Reconnaissance Office for commercial radar data are currently small and focused on studying what data companies can provide.
The National Reconnaissance Office builds and operates classified U.S. government spy satellites.
The National Reconnaissance Office confirmed the NROL-87 payload was successfully deployed.
The U.S. government has traditionally procured remote sensing satellites that are owned and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or the U.S. Space Force.
SpaceX previously launched two National Reconnaissance Office satellites under commercial contracts.
A Falcon 9 was scheduled to launch a National Reconnaissance Office classified payload from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-02-02.
Under the contract, Capella Space will deliver sample synthetic aperture radar imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office.
The National Reconnaissance Office announced its Broad Agency Announcement Framework for Strategic Commercial Enhancements in October 2021.
Under the contract, Capella Space will provide synthetic aperture radar data modeling and simulation for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Capella Space intends to work with the National Reconnaissance Office to expand its reach into additional U.S. government customers.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed study agreements on 2022-01-20 with Airbus U.S., Capella Space, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra.