US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites - Schneier on Security

After Decades of Secrecy, US Reveals Spy Satellite Program

The US has pulled back the curtain on a Cold War spy tool that listening in for decades from a highly unusual orbit. The National Reconnaissance Office has declassified JUMPSEAT, a now-retired series of eavesdropping satellites that flew from 1971 to 1987 as part of an Air Force effort known...

US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites - Schneier on Security

The US National Reconnaissance Office has declassified information about a fleet of spy satellites operating between 1971 and 2006. I’m actually impressed to see a declassification only two decades after decommission.