https://spacewatch.global/tag/national-reconnaissance-office/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/national-reconnaissance-office/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/rocket-lab-launches-strix-3-satellite-for-synspective/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54117 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 45th Electron rocket, successfully deploying a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation. "Owl Night Long", a dedicated mission for Synspective, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The mission delivered a single spacecraft, the StriX-3 satellite, to a 561km Sun Synchronous Orbit, where it joined Synspective’s growing constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/spire-global-awarded-contract-for-radio-frequency-data/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47819 Spire Global, a space-to-cloud data and analytics company based in Virgina US, announced on the 3rd of April that they have been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. This contract is part of the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) program in September 2022. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/iceye-participates-in-commercial-radar-evaluation/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38722 Iceye signed a contract in the U.S. with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to participate in the evaluation of commercial remote sensing companies operating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, the company said. It will focus on modeling and simulation and also support NRO’s detailed assessment of imaging modes, image quality, geolocation accuracy and coverage.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/president-nominates-new-eighth-lead-for-nga/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38507 President Joe Biden has nominated Navy Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth to lead the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the institution responsible for analyzing and distributing satellite imagery for intelligence purposes. Career intelligence official Whitworth, currently serves as a director among top military officers advising the president and senior defense officials.]]>