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John McLucas was the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office in 1971.
The NROL-48 mission marks the eleventh launch of the National Reconnaissance Office's reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
The National Reconnaissance Office stated that having hundreds of NRO satellites in orbit is vital to the nation and partners.
The NROL-48 mission will launch the eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
This launch will be the eleventh launch of the NRO’s proliferated architecture.
The National Reconnaissance Office is scheduled to launch the NROL-48 mission in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX on September 22.
At least 183 Starshield satellites have been launched since 2025, primarily for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
The KH-11 KENNEN satellite was managed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
The NRO’s Executive Committee curtailed the level of effort on FROG on 23 November 1966.
The NRO's Executive Committee approved the ZAMAN program for near-real-time development in November 1968.
The key organizations involved in the development of near-real-time reconnaissance satellites included the NRO, CIA’s Office of Special Projects, and the Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects office.
The NRO declassified thousands of pages of documents regarding the decisions leading to the development of the KENNEN in 2021.
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was responsible for overseeing the development of intelligence satellites.
The NRO’s Executive Committee decided to give relay satellite development responsibilities to the Space and Missile Systems Office on August 15, 1969.
The SDS program was transferred to National Reconnaissance Office management in November 1981.
The NRO declassified a document indicating that in 1972, the agency considered developing a satellite inspection capability.
The NRO's proposed satellite inspection mission would have required an American satellite to closely approach another satellite.
The NRO was not a warfighting organization and faced disagreements within the U.S. government about pursuing a new ASAT capability.
By 1973, the NRO had developed the capability to image other satellites at hundreds of kilometers using reconnaissance satellites.
In the early 1970s, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) considered developing a satellite inspection capability.