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U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

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The National Reconnaissance Office will continue to procure some commercial launches to lower costs and gain flexibility in launch locations.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021NRO Director highlights cooperation and innovation

The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office share personnel, share operations centers, have launched systems together, and mutually invest in and develop programs.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021NRO Director highlights cooperation and innovation

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to conduct four launches in 29 days in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Technical ProductAug 24, 2021NRO Director highlights cooperation and innovation

The Space Development Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Space Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office are seeking to deploy proliferated constellations in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 19, 2021Space surveillance sensor supplier Geost acquired by private equity firm

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded a contract modification to BlackSky Holdings, Inc. to provide on-demand satellite imagery.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 18, 2021BlackSky gets NRO contract to provide on-demand satellite imagery

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded BlackSky Holdings a contract modification to provide on-demand satellite imagery through a monthly subscription.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 17, 2021NRO Expands BlackSky Commercial Imagery for Security, Defense and Intelligence

The National Reconnaissance Office is a U.S. intelligence agency that develops and operates classified spy satellites and acquires satellite imagery from commercial vendors.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Narrative GeneralAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

The National Reconnaissance Office exercised a contract option to procure satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies through August 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

The Department of Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are directed to submit a report identifying commercial vendors that provide global imagery to support military needs, gaps in geospatial intelligence, and an assessment of how commercial capabilities can be integrated into DoD programs.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJul 27, 2021House panel wants details on Space Force plans to upgrade launch infrastructure

Michael Guetlein has been deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office since July 2019.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJul 14, 2021National Reconnaissance Office official picked to run Space Force acquisitions command

The National Reconnaissance Office is part of the U.S. intelligence community and works with the Department of Defense to develop, acquire, launch, and operate the nation’s intelligence satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Narrative GeneralJul 14, 2021National Reconnaissance Office official picked to run Space Force acquisitions command

The National Reconnaissance Office builds and operates the United States’ spy satellites.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

The U.S. Space Force launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on 2021-06-15 aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJun 15, 2021The USSF’s NROL-111 Launch Via Minotaur From NASA’s Wallops Heads To Orbit

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 four-stage solid fuel rocket launched three National Reconnaissance Office payloads on 2021-06-15 at 9:35 a.m. Eastern from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

The National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-111 mission logo includes three stars that represent the mission’s three payloads developed by the agency.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

NROL-111 was the National Reconnaissance Office’s second mission launched from Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Narrative GeneralJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

A Minotaur 1 launch of a National Reconnaissance Office mission was scheduled to launch from Wallops Island on 2021-06-15.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJun 13, 2021New Virginia spaceport head seeks to increase launch activity

The National Reconnaissance Office procures services outside the NSSL program to support missions on tight schedules and to deploy lower-cost research payloads.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductMay 27, 2021NRO taking advantage of commercial launch options for lower-risk space missions

The National Reconnaissance Office builds and operates the U.S. government’s spy satellites.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductMay 27, 2021NRO taking advantage of commercial launch options for lower-risk space missions

The National Reconnaissance Office operates with greater autonomy and less organizational red tape than the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2021NRO taking advantage of commercial launch options for lower-risk space missions
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