A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and United States Space Force rolls from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. (United Launch Alliance photo) Silentbarker ‘watchdog’ satellites successfully launched for Space Force-NRO spy missions Silentbarker is a joint NRO-Space Force program designed to monitor objects in geosynchronous orbit. Sep 10, 2023 By Mikayla Easley