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National Reconnaissance Office

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We Are the NRO

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National Reconnaissance Office-Satellites

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The NRO: Our National Reconnaissance Mission

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We Are The NRO: Signals Intelligence

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NRO's Office of Space Launch

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense. NRO is considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.
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