They admit it exists and provide some pictures. Not much more than that at the moment. One of the rumored uses was to listen in to the telemetry from Soviet missile tests.
Factsheet: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documen ... HAjQ%3d%3d
Pictures: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documen ... 7-wg%3d%3d
NRO partially declassifies Jumpseat (SIGINT satellite)
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Rocket J Squrriel
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NRO partially declassifies Jumpseat (SIGINT satellite)
Westray: That this is some sort of coincidence. Because they don't really believe in coincidences. They've heard of them. They've just never seen one.
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Re: NRO partially declassifies Jumpseat (SIGINT satellite)
I’ve just started reading Cardinal of the Kremlin again for the first time since the 90s…Rocket J Squrriel wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:16 pm They admit it exists and provide some pictures. Not much more than that at the moment. One of the rumored uses was to listen in to the telemetry from Soviet missile tests.
Factsheet: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documen ... HAjQ%3d%3d
Pictures: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documen ... 7-wg%3d%3d