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The NRO's first photo reconnaissance satellite program was the Corona program, [19]: 25–28 the existence of which was declassified February 24, 1995, and which existed from August 1960 to May 1972 (although the first test flight occurred on February 28, 1959). The Corona system used (sometimes multiple) film capsules dropped by satellites ...
Back-to-back launch under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. [150] RASR-2 [159] [160] USA-301 USA-302 USA-303 13 June 2020 05:12 Mahia, LC-1A: Electron: Entered service, presumed active Three technology demonstration smallsats. Primary customer of the rideshare mission procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small ...
The Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) rocket lofted NROL-22, a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, into orbit. The payload was successfully deployed approximately 54 minutes later. [33] According to a post-launch Boeing News press release, the mission was the first for the NRO aboard a Delta IV and the second aboard a Delta rocket.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying the GSAT-20 satellite for New Space India on Nov. 18, 2024.
The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.
According to an official NRO history, [3] "In the first 20 years of reconnaissance satellite program activity in the United States, Quill was … the only satellite of any nature to proceed from start to finish with a perfect record in launch, orbital operations, readout, and recovery".
This category is for satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, an agency of the United States Government. Pages in category "National Reconnaissance Office satellites" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The first of the Delta IV launch vehicles to fly from SLC-6 successfully lifted off at 20:33 PDT on 27 June 2006 when a Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) rocket lofted NROL-22, a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, into orbit. The payload was successfully deployed approximately 54 minutes later.