National Reconnaissance Office

US intelligence agency in charge of satellite intelligence
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National Reconnaissance Office
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National Reconnaissance Office

Summary

National Reconnaissance Office is an intelligence agency[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of intelligence_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Reconnaissance Office's field of work was imagery intelligence[3].
  • National Reconnaissance Office is in the country of United States[4].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's image is recorded as National Reconnaissance Office, 2013.jpg[5].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[6].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's logo image is recorded as NRO.svg[7].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's headquarters location is recorded as Chantilly[8].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Christopher Scolese[9].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406332583[10].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 268304840[11].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139849314[12].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's GND ID is recorded as 10085576-3[13].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no95018457[14].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Commons category is recorded as National Reconnaissance Office[15].
  • +1961-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Reconnaissance Office[16].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.88194444444444, 'lon': -77.45027777777777}[17].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0213xr[18].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of War[19].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's official website is recorded as http://www.nro.gov/[20].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Reconnaissance Office[21].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/National-Reconnaissance-Office[22].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Supra Et Ultra'}[23].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NRO'}[24].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's X is recorded as NatReconOfc[25].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Instagram username is recorded as natreconofc[26].
  • National Reconnaissance Office's Facebook username is recorded as NationalReconnaissanceOffice[27].

Body

Founding

+1961-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Reconnaissance Office[16].

Identity

National Reconnaissance Office's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NRO'}[24].

Leadership

National Reconnaissance Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Christopher Scolese[9].

Operations

National Reconnaissance Office's headquarters location is recorded as Chantilly[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of War[19].

Industry

National Reconnaissance Office's field of work was imagery intelligence[3].

Why It Matters

National Reconnaissance Office ranks in the top 8% of intelligence_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . nro.gov. nro.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nro.gov. nro.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . nro.gov. nro.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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