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

18 months 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

19 months 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.

19 months 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

24 months 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

24 months ago

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