Latest "national reconnaissance office" stories

The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25, 2021. NROL-82 supports the NRO’s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force)

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’

Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

More than 100 U.S. Space Command personnel and 900 total participants took part in Global Lightning 2021 on March 8-12, which integrated space capabilities into a multi-domain exercise at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (U.S. Space Command/Lewis Carlyle)

Review of Space Command basing decision sought by Senate Intel members

Some lawmakers are still trying to convince the executive branch to reverse a preliminary decision to move U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

US spy satellite launches into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base

The NROL-82 satellite lifted off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at 1:47 p.m.

3 years ago

Capella Space unveils new high-resolution synthetic aperture radar imagery

The imagery is designed to meet the needs of government customers, including the U.S. military and intelligence community.

By Nathan Strout

3 years ago

After months of delays, spy agency launches 5th mission of 2020

The National Reconnaissance Office launched a new classified national security payload Dec. 10.

By Nathan Strout

3 years ago

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