World’s Largest Satellite – A Spy on Space

“This is the most aggressive launch campaign that the National Reconnaissance Office has had in 20 years… These [satellites] are very important, because they all go to update a constellation which is aging rapidly. We bought most of our satellites for three, five, or eight years, and we’re keeping them on orbit for ten, twelve, and up to twenty years.” ---Bruce Carlson, NRO Director
The United States launched a satellite to spy on the galaxy. This is not just a regular satellite. It is the largest satellite to orbit our planet. The purpose remains top secret but rumors say that it monitors more than the weather of Earth. An additional mission of the space craft is to gather intelligence for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Dubbed as NROL-32, the satellite was sent to orbit the earth yesterday by a Delta 4 Heavy rocket. The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Bruce Carlson said the NROL-32 would be “the largest satellite in the world.”
Carlson gave a speech last month, in that he stated that the agency had adopted a new charter and “a remarkably aggressive launch campaign” that’ll come along with it.
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