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The National Reconnaissance Office logo This is a list of NRO Launch ( NROL ) designations for satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office . Those missions are generally classified, so that their exact purposes and orbital elements are not published.
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 ...
USA-247, also known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office and launched in December 2013. The USA-247 launch received a relatively high level of press coverage due to the mission's choice of logo, which depicts an octopus sitting astride the globe with the motto "Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach". [2]
The United States has developed many space programs since the beginning of the spaceflight era in the mid-20th century. The government runs space programs by three primary agencies: NASA for civil space; the United States Space Force for military space; and the National Reconnaissance Office for intelligence space. These entities have invested ...
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.
USA-200, also known as NRO Launch 28 or NROL-28, is an American signals intelligence satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.Launched in 2008, it has been identified as the second satellite in a series known as Improved Trumpet, Advanced Trumpet, or Trumpet follow-on; a replacement for the earlier Trumpet series of satellites.
15 January 1960 - 6594th Test Wing (Satellite) activated at Sunnyvale, California; will later be known as Air Force Satellite Control Facility, or the Blue Cube, controlling many NRO CORONA satellite missions; 22 June 1960 - Launch of GRAB Signals Intelligence satellite; first overhead intelligence gathering satellite [1] [2]
Artist's impression of the Orion Mentor-4 Signals Intelligence Satellite launched in January 2009Orion, also known as Mentor or Advanced Orion, [1] is a class of United States spy satellites that collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) from space.