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Intelligence Community

NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

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NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday morning successfully launched its sixth and final proliferated satellite architecture mission of the year, marking 10 total missions in the last 19 months that have delivered more than 100 payloads on orbit. NRO previously said that it had planned to launch more than six proliferated architecture missions in 2024 (Defense Daily, Oct. 24). The NROL-149 mission was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and launched aboard a…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

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Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

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Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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