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NRO Set To Launch First Phase Of Proliferated Space Architecture

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

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NRO Set To Launch First Phase Of Proliferated Space Architecture

Joint Task Force-Space Defense leaders met with Troy Meink, principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. on Aug. 31, 2022 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—In early May, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects to launch the first phase of its planned proliferated space architecture that aims to significantly expand the number of satellites the spy agency has on orbit, to include commercial and national assets, Troy Meink, principal deputy director of the NRO, said on Tuesday. The upcoming mission will be NROL 146 and follows “a number of demonstration satellites” that have been launched the past few years “to verify cost and…

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