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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Secret Cold War Spy Satellite Program Declassified by U.S.
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have declassified a series of satellites was orbited from 1962 through 1971, designated POPPY.

The satellites were used to collect radar emissions from Soviet naval vessels.

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