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 ...

"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 NRO, which builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites, announced Oct. 30 it has signed agreements with Cognitive Space, Impulse Space and Starfish Space under a program called Broad ...

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.

Ending an era in U.S. rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired off its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a classified spy satellite in the last hurrah of a storied family ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceX’s Starshield unit is developing the satellite network under a classified $1.8 billion contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Reuters reported on Friday, citing five ...