The new system will also involve testing new experimental technologies developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and ...

A secret payload was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX to aid the U.S. military, likely an addition to aid national ...

NROL-77, launched by NRO and Space Force via SpaceX, delivers advanced intelligence under the NSSL program, boosting national ...

SpaceX sent up its second launch in less than 24 hours on the Space Coast on Dec. 9, while also bringing home its booster for ...

NROL-77 was the 10th agency mission to launch in 2025, and is the second NRO mission launched with SpaceX under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract. Seven of those 10 missions were ...

Minutes after the 2:16 p.m. liftoff, the SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster touched down at Landing Zone 2 — triggering ...

SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified ...

The NRO has launched 11 missions since May 2024 to build out the proliferated LEO constellation. The latest, NROL-148, was ...

Pictured is a U.S. Space Force photo of personnel in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Nov. 15, 2023 during the Moonlight Defender cyber exercise. RESTON, Va.--The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) ...