National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese told reporters that the agency is on the verge of issuing more study contracts to commercial imagery providers, and they won't be limited to ...

According to NASA, the first weather satellite to reach orbit was Vanguard 2 in 1959. Complications rose with this satellite and unfortunately the data was unusable. The following year, T.I.R.O.S.-1 ...

As you can see, the amount of data used by different imagery types varies dramatically. The ocean floor figures may be a little inaccurate as they include the 3 MB or so that Google Earth downloads ...

The National Reconnaissance Office issued a study contract to Capella Space for synthetic aperture radar, a method that can produce satellite images regardless of weather. (NOAA via AP) The National ...

WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office expects to select next month multiple providers of radio-frequency data collected by commercial satellites. RF data is used to track ships, vehicles or ...