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NRO partially declassifies Jumpseat (SIGINT satellite)

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:16 pm
by Rocket J Squrriel
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

Re: NRO partially declassifies Jumpseat (SIGINT satellite)

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:52 pm
by Craiglxviii
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
I’ve just started reading Cardinal of the Kremlin again for the first time since the 90s…