Topic: signals intelligence
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Declassified: Cold War Spy Satellite's Secret Mission Revealed
The NRO declassified the Cold War Jumpseat program, revealing it as the first U.S. signals intelligence satellite system using a highly elliptical orbit to monitor the Soviet Union from 1971 to 2006. Jumpseat satellites were placed in specialized orbits to loiter over the northern hemisphere, pro...
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EU Satellites Allegedly Hacked by Russian Spycraft
European security agencies are alarmed by Russian Luch-1 and Luch-2 spacecraft, which conduct risky maneuvers near vital European satellites to perform signals intelligence, threatening data security and orbital infrastructure. These satellites have intensified their suspicious close approaches o...
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