National Reconnaissance Office.
US intelligence agency in charge of satellite intelligence
US Reveals Program Used To Spy On Commies From Space
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) recently quietly declassified a Cold War-era satellite program used to spy on the Soviet Union’s military communication signals. JUMPSEAT, was the U.S.’ first-generation, highly…
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About National Reconnaissance Office
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense and a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community which designs, builds, launches, and operates the intelligence satellites of the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the National Security Agency (NSA), imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The NRO announced in 2023 that it plans within the following decade to quadruple the number of satellites it operates and increase the number of signals and images it delivers by a factor of ten.
Everything about National Reconnaissance Office →- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Chantilly
- Inception
- September 6, 1961
- Website
- http://www.nro.gov/