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The recent declassification of the United States’ Jumpseat spy satellite provides details on what was previously a highly secretive system, one that monitored critical Soviet military installations during some of the tensest years of the Cold War.

Top Secret Spy Satellite Declassified By National Reconnaissance Office

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 29, 2026