by David Axe | Sep 4, 2012 | Monitor
A National Reconnaissance Office rocket carrying a classified satellite launches from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in April. Photo: NRO The U.S. has a vast constellation of spy satellites in orbit. But these surveillance spacecraft have traditionally...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
National Reconnaissance Office patch commemorating a satellite launch. Photo: mr. smashy/Flickr The National Reconnaissance Office — the secretive Pentagon agency in charge of spy satellites — is supposed to safeguarding Americans and American interests...