Frequently Requested Records

As a matter of policy, the NRO will post on this page, records released as a result of a FOIA or Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request that may be of interest to the general public and/or records requested by three or more individuals for the same subject.

• History of the Poppy Satellite System - 487 KB PDF
• A History of Satellite Reconnaissance (Perry Histories)
  • Vol 1 - 8.6MB PDF
  • Vol 2a - 9.56MB PDF
  • Vol 2b - 5.52MB PDF
  • Vol 3a - 84.89MB PDF
  • Vol 3b - 4.91MB PDF
  • Vol 4 - 4.31MB PDF
  • Vol 5 - 175.53MB PDF
• A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program - 8.7MB PDF
• Administrative files – Five oldest FOIA cases (2012 release)
• Congressional Budget Justifications
  • FY 2008-2009 - 8MB PDF
  • FY 2009 - 5MB PDF
  • FY 2010 - 8MB PDF
• Dr. Hans Mark Interview
- 1.7 MB PDF
• Flax Memo on National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) Issues - 1MB PDF
• GAMBIT/HEXAGON declassified documents and videos
• ISINGLASS Research & Development Program, 1966 - 41.5MB PDF
• Leaders of the NRO, by Clayton Laurie - 2.85MB PDF
• NRO History - Missile Defense Alarm: The Genseis of Space-Based Infrared Early Warning - 3.62MB PDF
• NRO's Review & Redaction Guide (RRG) - 6.23MB PDF
• Request Letters - 2010 Ten Oldest Cases (2011 Release) - 11.8MB PDF
• SAMOS to the Moon - 1.7MB PDF
• The CORONA Story (2010 Release) - 7.82MB PDF
• U.S. Navy-NRO Program C, Electronic Intelligence Satellites (1958-1977) - 15.43MB PDF
• The NRO at Forty: Ensuring Global Information Supremacy - 428KB PDF

Purchase Card (SMARTPAY or IMPAC) Holders

This list is composed of the names of NRO assignees. The names of employees are protected under the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute application in this case is 10 U.S.C. 424, which allows for the protection of the names of NRO assignees, as well as the functions and activities of the Agency.