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"The idea of the mission is to put a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, and then to be looking at that orbital regime and get a sense of what's happening day to day," said NRO Director Chris Scolese.

The three spacecraft were the centerpiece of the NRO's invitation-only, 50th Anniversary Gala celebration held at the center last evening. You may like SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite on ...

The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX's Starlink satellite assembly line to build a network of at least 100 satellites, and perhaps many more, to monitor adversaries around the world. So far ...

In particular, the NRO, as it is called, is redefining how it works with the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Space Command. The commercial sector, in turn, is providing key services and spacecraft buses ...

“Buy what we can and build what we must” is the agency’s long-standing strategy, NRO Director Chris Scolese said in 2022 when the agency awarded contracts worth $4 billion over a decade to ...

based Xplore. Other companies receiving contracts under NRO’s multi-stage Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement Framework include BlackSky Technology, which is based in ...

NRO is using the experimental satellites it has for operational missions to develop data processes, while figuring out which functions are needed to control constellations without overburdening ...