NRO
Scolese: NRO sees growing opportunities to use small satellites
Scolese said the NRO "will be able to do more with smaller satellites.”
Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 launches NRO mission, its first from Virginia spaceport
This was the NRO’s 54th launch since 1996 and its first launch on a Minotaur 4.
Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023
A report from Quilty Analytics projects Maxar will retain the bulk of future NRO imagery contracts and emerging competitors Planet and BlackSky will gradually gain market share.
NRO to award multiple imagery contracts by year’s end
By the end of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office plans to issue “multiple operational commercial imagery contracts to support defense, security and many other U.S. government missions,” said Pete Muend, director of NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office.
NRO to increase investments in commercial space technology
Small satellites and responsive launch are areas of particular interest to the NRO.
Rocket Lab wins NRO contracts for back-to-back launches
Rocket Lab has won contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office for a pair of Electron launches intended to demonstrate the company’s responsive launch capabilities.
Rocket Lab launches NRO, university payloads
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket successfully launched a set of payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office and two universities June 13 on a mission delayed two and a half months by the coronavirus pandemic.
Former NRO director Martin Faga joins LinQuest board of directors
LinQuest provides space technology and services to the U.S. military, NASA and intelligence agencies.
Space Acquisition Council working to identify industry sectors in ‘immediate distress’
Gen. Raymond: "The COVID crisis must not undermine critical space industries."
U.S. SPACECOM official on FCC Ligado decision: ‘I want to see the analysis’
Brig. Gen. James: GPS links are vulnerable, which is “part of the reason we're concerned about this situation.”
Rocket Lab kicks off busy year with NRO launch
Rocket Lab successfully launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Jan. 30 in the first of up to a dozen launches planned by the company this year.
Rocket Lab to launch small satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office
Named “Birds of a Feather,” the mission is scheduled to lift off Jan. 31 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
National Reconnaissance Office awards imagery contracts to Capella Space, HawkEye 360
Pete Muend said the NRO wants to understand the capabilities of a variety of commercial vendors.
Scolese: NRO advancing space technology, developing tactics to defend satellites
Scolese said China is a top concern: “They are putting spacecraft up very quickly and we have to stay ahead."
NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded a commercial imagery subscription contract to Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Earth observation company Planet.
NRO awards first commercial contract for hyperspectral imaging from space
HySpecIQ’s contract follows three commercial imagery study awards announced by the NRO in June to BlackSky Global, Maxar Technologies and Planet.
