Secret Cold War Spy Satellite Program Declassified by U.S.
Over on Space.com, Leonard David writes:
A bit of Cold War space history has been unthawed.
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have declassified the fact that a series of satellites was orbited from 1962 through 1971, designated POPPY.
POPPY’s mission was to collect radar emissions from Soviet naval vessels – an activity called electronic intelligence, or ELINT for short.
In total, seven POPPY satellites were lofted into space from 1962 to 1971: Dec. 13, 1962, June 15, 1963, Jan. 11, 1964, March 9, 1965, May 31, 1967, Sept. 30, 1969, and Dec. 14, 1971.
The POPPY Program operated from December 1962 through August 1977.
posted by Fergie @ 9/15/2005 05:22:00 PM
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