Launch Cadence. On Aug. 28, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Chris Scolese said that the agency will have put into orbit more than 100 satellites between June last year and the end of this year, as NRO moves to deter China and Russia with a proliferated, multi-orbit satellite architecture permitted, in part, by a steep reduction in launch costs. On Friday, the NRO said that it and the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 launched the NROL-113 mission—the third…
Defense Watch: Launch Cadence, Chinese Needles, ITEP Engine, CH-47 Block II
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