I think that you are missing that a collision can't move an object into a higher orbit, or more precisely an orbit with a higher perigee. With a circular near-earth orbit, almost every change is ...

building and operating U.S. spy satellites has solicited proposals through Broad Area Announcements, which have defined timelines for submission and contract award. Next year, the NRO will seek ...

"You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking," said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government's spy satellite agency in 2019.

The number of satellites on this mission was not disclosed. The NRO is working to rapidly deploy a new network of satellites designed to track ground targets in near real time. Following stage sep ...

based Starfish Space and two other companies have won contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office, America’s spy satellite agency, to evaluate advanced technologies for space operations.

The NRO includes personnel from the US Space Force and CIA and provides classified satellite imagery for the Pentagon and other intelligence agencies. The spy satellites will house sensors ...

The NRO, responsible for the United States' spy satellites, maintains secrecy regarding their operations. Rapid Acquisition of Small Rocket (RASR) Contract Rocket Lab was awarded the NROL-123 ...

SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket just hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 launched a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) today (Oct. 24) from ...

These advanced satellite buses are being used by the National Reconnaissance Office to build its new spy satellite network, which had its fourth launch on a SpaceX rocket last week. That contract ...

We don't know much about these spacecraft or their activities, which isn't surprising; NRO satellites' work tends to be classified. — SpaceX launches classified spy satellite for US military ...