The National Reconnaissance Office mission NROL-105, launched Jan. 16 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB. California. Credit: NRO The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded the ...

Launched between 1971 and 1987 primarily to collect intelligence data on foreign weapon testing, the last satellites in the JUMPSEAT family were withdrawn from service in 2006. A memorandum dated Dec.

On March 24, 2025, SpaceX marked a significant milestone by launching a classified spy satellite for the United States on the 19th anniversary of its first-ever liftoff. At 1:48 p.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 ...

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Another busy week of launches has arrived, with SpaceX dominating the launch manifest with four missions for the week. Three of these missions saw new batches of Starlink internet satellites launched ...

The U.S. Space Force and NRO launch a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket on April 16. Credit: NRO The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple ...

The National Reconnaissance Office, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched ...

Area residents got an early wakeup Saturday morning as the NROL-192 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 5:25 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off early Saturday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base to deliver satellites into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: Screenshot via SpaceX Loudly ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a secret payload in space on Monday as part of a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The NROL-69 mission lifted off from the ...

A SpaceX rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Thursday night before the first-stage booster returned to land. Credit: SpaceX photo The nation’s constellation of spy satellites grew ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Troy Meink, currently principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, to lead the Department of the Air Force. “Troy will work with our ...