NRO ‘Watchdog’ Satellites Reach Geosynchronous Orbit

Irene Klotz September 11, 2023
Credit: United Launch Alliance
An unknown number of satellites that are part of a new U.S. national security initiative to track objects from geosynchronous orbit (GEO) were deployed on Sept. 10 during one of the last Atlas V missions for the U.S. military. “The idea of the mission is to put a satellite in geosynchronous orbit...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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