spy satellite

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“In an espionage case, the whole country is a victim. We were so far advanced over the Russians in spy satellite technology. They leveled the playing field. That’s probably the most important point.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

A CIA official told me at the time that Carter asked to see the technical blueprints for a new spy satellite.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2024

The drone flight came several hours after the base had hosted the launch of a SpaceX rocket carrying a spy satellite for the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

The North had successfully launched its first military spy satellite in November, but Monday’s failure posed a possible setback to Kim’s plans to launch three more military spy satellites in 2024.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Photographs transmitted by the spy satellite showed Soviet construction crews digging a twenty-three-mile-long trench near Moscow.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau