Jumpseat (satellite)

JUMPSEAT, also known as AFP-711 is a code name for a class of highly elliptical orbit SIGINT reconnaissance satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s, and retired from use in 2006. These satellites were developed under Project EARPOP during the 1960s and early 1970s Some program details were declassified in December 2025.

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