Silent Barker ‘Watchdog’ Spacecraft To Enter Operation In 2025

Silent Barker spacecraft liftoff
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Silent Barker/NROL107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Sept. 10, 2023. 


 

Credit: United Launch Alliance
ORLANDO, Florida—The first spacecraft from a joint U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) program to conduct space situational awareness are close to entering operation next year. The Silent Barker spacecraft were launched Sept. 10, 2023, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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