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Kevin Keating previously worked at the National Reconnaissance Office and most recently at the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science and Technology.
Maxar won a 10-year, $3,200,000,000 contract from the National Reconnaissance Office in 2022 to provide satellite imagery.
Despite the cancellation of MOL, the NRO continued to explore options for very-high-resolution satellites to fulfill its reconnaissance mission.
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) collaborated with the Air Force to evolve MOL into a reconnaissance satellite carrying the DORIAN camera system.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is a joint National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command capability to improve space domain awareness.
SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 is intended to strengthen the NRO’s ability to provide timely intelligence to national decision makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts and to support humanitarian efforts.
The framework delineates roles and responsibilities of NGA, NRO, and USSPACECOM in threat information sharing, anomaly investigation, and collection strategies.
Over the next six months, NGA, NRO, and USSPACECOM will develop concepts of operations and standard operating procedures to improve commercial satellite protection.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and U.S. Space Command (SSC) signed a framework agreement for protecting commercial remote sensing space assets.
The new framework helps NRO-contracted commercial imagery providers plan for threats in a congested space environment.
NGA and NRO have implemented tailored strategies to maximize imagery collection over the Russia-Ukraine conflict region.
Space Systems Command, the National Reconnaissance Office, and United Launch Alliance are preparing to launch the 99th National Security Space Launch mission aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket.
SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 is a joint National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force mission to improve space domain awareness.
SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 will strengthen the NRO’s ability to provide timely intelligence information to national decision makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts.
SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 will strengthen the NRO’s ability to provide timely intelligence information to national decision makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts and to support humanitarian efforts worldwide.
The NRO is seeking imaging capabilities beyond those covered by the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer contracts awarded last year to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet Labs.
The NRO plans to award contracts under the Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities BAA in the fall of 2023.
NRO Director Chris Scolese indicated in April that the agency planned to select additional electro-optical imaging vendors under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements BAA.
NRO issued a Broad Agency Announcement titled "Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities" on 2023-08-14.