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The payload aboard NROL-70 is designed, built, and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office to provide intelligence data to senior U.S. policymakers, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Defense.
The NROL-70 mission is intended to strengthen the National Reconnaissance Office’s ability to provide timely intelligence information to national decision makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to launch NROL-70 no earlier than 2024-03-28 from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The NROL-70 mission is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) mission launching on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket.
The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force are working with the National Reconnaissance Office to develop a dedicated constellation of sensor satellites specifically designed for Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI).
The NROL-123 launch was Rocket Lab’s first launch for the NRO from the United States after previously launching four NRO missions from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
Firefly is preparing a responsive on-orbit Elytra mission for the National Reconnaissance Office that will launch aboard Alpha later 2024.
National Reconnaissance Office missions provide critical information to more than a half-million government users, including every member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, two dozen domestic agencies, the military, lawmakers, and decision-makers.
The NROL-123 launch service was acquired using the National Reconnaissance Office’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.
The 2024-03-21 launch was the fifth and last mission under a Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract between the NRO and Rocket Lab that dates back to 2020.
The NRO's Broad Area Announcement includes on-orbit logistics such as refueling, docking interfaces, and de-orbiting.
Submissions for the NRO's Broad Area Announcement are due by April 5.
NRO missions provide critical information to more than a half-million government users, including every member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, two dozen domestic agencies, the military, lawmakers, and decision makers.
Key areas of focus for the NRO's Broad Area Announcement include in-space mobility to enable access to non-traditional orbits.
The National Reconnaissance Office plans an ambitious expansion of its satellite architecture over the next decade.
Firefly is preparing a responsive on-orbit Elytra mission for the National Reconnaissance Office that will launch aboard the Alpha launch vehicle later in 2024.
Rocket Lab launched a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Virginia on 2024-03-21.
The NROL-123 launch service was procured using the National Reconnaissance Office’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.
NRO missions provide critical information to more than a half-million government users, including every member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, about two dozen domestic agencies, the U.S. military, lawmakers, and decision makers.
The National Reconnaissance Office is seeking proposals from private industry for its space launch operations.