[Ivan Amato] not only heard about it, but also wrote a fascinating peek into the cloak-and-dagger world of cold-war spy satellites for this month’s IEEE Spectrum. According to [Ivan], the ...

This is the eighth and fi... SpaceX successfully launched the NROL-113 mission on 5th September 2024, sending classified spy satellites into orbit for the United States National Reconnaissance Office.

Lockheed Martin has conducted a successful live radar track test of its solid-state S-band AN/SPY-7(V)2 radar, the company told an online media briefing on 14 January. The system is set to be deployed ...

SpaceX launches NROL-153 spy satellites for US from California Falcon 9 successfully lands on Of Course I Still Love You drone ship NROL-153 marks the 7th launch under the NRO’s proliferated ...

Here’s how it works. SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's central coast tonight (Jan. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight ...

SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's central coast tonight (Jan. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on December 19, 2020. A new NRO launch launched from California ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --SpaceX launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering ...

The NRO, which oversees the development and operation of the country’s spy satellites, has deployed nearly 100 satellites over the past year. The agency plans about a dozen launches in 2025 ...

Since its inception in 1961, the NRO has been at the helm of the United States spy satellite operations, overseeing several programs, including photoreconnaissance, communications interception, and ...