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NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE OPERATIONS SQUADRON
The National Reconnaissance Office Operations Squadron, operates U.S. reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office, an organization which has been shrouded in mystery since its inception in 1961.
The launch and orbit of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik-1 satellite prompted U.S. intelligence leaders to create the organization. Its mere existence was classified for nearly 30 years, but following the collapse of the former military and technological superpower, the NRO’s existence was declassified in 1992. Soon after, the American public and the world began to learn about how important the NRO had become.
National Reconnaissance Office systems are critical to U.S. national security. The agency operates worldwide, monitoring the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, tracking international terrorists and criminal organizations; developing extremely accurate military targeting data and damage assessments; and assessing the impact of natural disasters.
The local squadron tackles three missions here, much of which remain highly classified.
First, theTechnical mission, which consolidates every NRO program requirement for the Air Force Satellite Control Network. Secondly, collection of telemetry data for some space vehicles, all NRO and Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles and for any other launch as directed by the director of the NRO. Consolidation of multiple telemetry sources into one stream of data and deliver that stream to multiple users. Finally, maintain 24/7 ops mission of consolidating and coordinating all NRO satellite contacts on the AFSCN.