After spying on the electronic signals of adversaries for decades, the NRO's enigmatic Jumpseat spy satellite has emerged from the darkness.

Although the last JUMPSEAT satellite was launched in 1987 and the Cold War officially ended in December 1991, JUMPSEAT satellites remained in use for many years thereafter. The final satellite wasn't ...

Launched between 1971 and 1987 primarily to collect intelligence data on foreign weapon testing, the last satellites in the JUMPSEAT family were withdrawn ...

The NRO describes JUMPSEAT as the United States’ first-generation, highly elliptical orbit (HEO) signals-collection satellite ...

SpaceX plans to launch a batch of its Starlink commercial satellites from Vandenberg on Groundhog Day. Here's where to see ...

The U.S. Space Force is seeking to expand the number of launches and attract aerospace companies in and around Vandenberg ...

The U.S. Space Force is seeking to expand the number of launches and attract aerospace companies in and around Vandenberg Space Force Base, where SpaceX launches already have riled up residents, state ...

The name Jumpseat was first revealed in a 1986 book by the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the Soviet Union’s 1983 ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's where to watch liftoff ...

Right now, the view is mostly open land, but leaders at Vandenberg Space Force Base say a site at the southernmost end of the ...

SpaceX is targeting a Sunday, Jan. 25, launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's ...

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday, January 16, 2026. The company plans a launch for the NROL-105 mission from its Falcon 9 rocket.