US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites

12:02 - 04 Feb 2026

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The US National Reconnaissance Office has declassified information about a fleet of spy satellites operating between 1971 and 2006.

I’m actually impressed to see a declassification only two decades after decommission.

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