12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
Amateur satellite observers are keeping a close eye on a US National Reconnaissance Office classified satellite (USA 276) to see whether it returns to the vicinity of the International Space Station (ISS). After ...
10 August 2020
ULA & SpaceX win substantial US government launch contracts
...program has returned approximately $7 billion in procurement funds to the Department of the Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office, enabling them to fund additional capabilities. The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise garnered...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... UK Space Agency, the Royal Air Force, the Civil Aviation Authority, the US Federal Aviation Administration, the National Reconnaissance Office, and more, and demonstrated that space launch is achievable from UK soil.” The company said that out...
26 February 2018
Into the Black
... also into the black world of the Pentagon and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The pitch, or hype, here involves the ...‘It wasn’t the kind of request you often heard in the Astronaut Office’ – you get the idea. This makes the book a fairly...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... and missile threats. Another key programme to watch is the award from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the US intelligence agency responsible for the nation’s spy satellites and acquiring commercial imagery for the federal government. The...
01 April 2016
32nd Space Symposium to Be Held at Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 11-1
... such as the secretaries of commerce, transportation and defense; secretaries of the Air Force; directors of the National Reconnaissance Office; commanders of United States Strategic Command, United States Northern Command and Air Force Space Command...
