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The space programs of the US military and intelligence organizations are described. The services provided by these programs include telecommunications, surveillance, missile early warning, meteorology, positioning/timing, radio interception, nuclear detonation detection, and data relay. Both unclassified and classified programs are described, with less detail and more speculative information for the latter. Recent trends that indicate the focus of future programs are discussed.
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The TDRSS page on the NASA website has links to a variety of documents describing the system and satellite: https://www.spacecomm.nasa.gov/spacecomm/programs/tdrss/default.cfm.
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The names of US spy satellites are always written in uppercase – the reason for this pretentious habit is not known to the author.
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Norris, P. (2015). Satellite Programs in the United States. In: Schrogl, KU., Hays, P., Robinson, J., Moura, D., Giannopapa, C. (eds) Handbook of Space Security. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2029-3_39
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