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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The details of the JUMPSEAT satellites were released by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which focuses on government ...

The Falcon 9 rocket's flight after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday created spectacular sights in the sky. The third mission of 2026 from Vandenberg carried a National ...

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) recently quietly declassified a Cold War-era satellite program used to spy on the Soviet Union’s military communication signals. “The historical significance ...

Launched between 1971 and 1987 primarily to collect intelligence data on foreign weapon testing, the last satellites in the JUMPSEAT family were withdrawn from service in 2006. A memorandum dated Dec.

SpaceX kicked off its 2026 launch calendar with a high-priority national security mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). On the night of January 16, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off ...

A long exposure shot of SpaceX launching the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-105 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 16 from Vandenberg SFB, California, and the return of the booster following ...

A Falcon 9 rocket climbs out of the clouds shrouding its launch pad on Monday at Vandenberg Space Force Base to deliver a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: SpaceX photo A Falcon ...

Recent revelations indicate that US spy satellites, manufactured by SpaceX, are transmitting signals in an unexpected direction. This raises serious questions about their operational effectiveness and ...

When you think of “secret” agencies, you probably think of the CIA, the NSA, the KGB, or MI-5. But the real secret agencies are the ones you hardly ever hear of. One of those is the National ...

The US government declassified details on some of its Cold War-era spy satellites this Wednesday. Codenamed JUMPSEAT, the satellites were part of Project EARPOP and were designed to listen in on ...