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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
21 hours ago

U.S. quietly declassifies ColdWar era JUMPSEAT' surveillance satellites

Declassified JUMPSEAT satellites, launched 1971–1987, provided space-based signals intelligence on adversary weapons and were decommissioned in 2006.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

US spy satellite agency declassifies high-flying Cold War listening post

Jumpseat was the United States' first-generation HEO signals-collection satellite program that monitored Soviet military electronic and communications emissions from 1971 through 2006 using Arctic-loitering apogee orbits.
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