A Complete History of NROL Missions

A Complete History of NROL Missions

There's a building in Chantilly, Virginia, that most Americans have never heard of. Inside it, analysts and engineers manage a fleet of satellites that can photograph an object the size of a dinner plate from hundreds of miles above the Earth, intercept electronic signals bouncing around the globe, and track ships crossing open ocean. The organization behind all of this is the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the U.S. government agency resp…