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U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

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A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy National Reconnaissance Office mission is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on 2020-08-27.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 25, 202045th Space Wing on pace for 39 space launches in 2020

The Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office paid United Launch Alliance about $2,200,000,000 for the final five Delta 4 Heavy missions.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 24, 2020ULA to launch Delta 4 Heavy for its 12th mission, four more to go before rocket is retired

A Delta 4 Heavy rocket was scheduled to launch the classified NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 24, 2020ULA to launch Delta 4 Heavy for its 12th mission, four more to go before rocket is retired

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded Rocket Lab a contract on 2020-06-18 for back-to-back launches of its Electron rocket from New Zealand in 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 12, 2020Mike Griffin joins board of Rocket Lab

The Air Force awarded contracts for the first three Phase 2 missions to SpaceX and ULA for National Reconnaissance Office payloads.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 11, 2020Tory Bruno on ULA’s big win: ‘We knew we were going to be competitive’

Between 2022 and 2027 United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will collectively fly as many as 34 missions for the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office under firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contracts.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 7, 2020Pentagon picks SpaceX and ULA to remain its primary launch providers

Smallsats provide opportunities to perform science, provide information for the intelligence community, and develop technologies and capabilities for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 3, 2020Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites

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 GeneralAug 3, 2020Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites

The National Reconnaissance Office intends to take advantage of privately funded innovation and to procure more data from the commercial sector as part of a hybrid architecture of government and commercial remote sensing satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 3, 2020Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites

The National Reconnaissance Office tested commercial computer processors, including a processor used in the oil and gas industry, as part of a technology experiment.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 3, 2020Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to qualify a commercial processor used in the oil and gas industry for government space systems.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 3, 2020Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites

Cosmos-2543 reportedly chased USA 245, a classified imaging satellite owned by the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJul 23, 2020U.S. Space Command again condemns Russia for anti-satellite weapon test

The three GEM 63 motors will be used as strap-on boosters to augment thrust on Atlas V in the launch of a National Reconnaissance Office satellite later 2020.

Mentioned as: national reconnaissance officeTechnical ProductJul 21, 2020Northrop Grumman delivers a new solid booster for ULA’s Atlas 5

NROL-129 was the National Reconnaissance Office’s 54th launch since 1996 and its first launch on a Minotaur 4.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 launches NRO mission, its first from Virginia spaceport

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 solid propellant rocket launched the NROL-129 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on 2020-07-15 at 9:46 a.m. Eastern from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJul 15, 2020Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 launches NRO mission, its first from Virginia spaceport

The previous Electron launch before the July mission took place 2020-06-13 and carried three National Reconnaissance Office satellites and smallsats for American and Australian universities.

Mentioned as: national reconnaissance officeNarrative GrowthJul 4, 2020Rocket Lab Electron launch fails

The NRO currently spends about $300,000,000 a year on imagery provided by Maxar under a sole-source contract known as EnhancedView.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJun 29, 2020Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023

Maxar receives about $300,000,000 a year under the EnhancedView contract and Maxar’s sales to the NRO will likely continue at that level for the next several years.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipJun 29, 2020Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023

Purchases under EnhancedView combined with additional contracts expected to be signed with other vendors could bring total NRO commercial imagery procurements to $400,000,000 a year.

Mentioned as: nroOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2020Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023

The NRO plans to award multiple commercial imagery contracts later 2020.

Mentioned as: nroOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2020Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023
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