A New Class Of Scary Satellites Is Ringing James Bond Villain Alarms

Reconnaissance from space is not a new phenomenon, even though the true extent of deployment has always been shrouded in mystery. The Corona satellite surveillance project in the ’60s — which culminated just over half a decade ago and was publicized as the ‘Discoverer’ program — was deployed for scientific experiments, leading to the death of multiple monkeys during tests. However, in the years that have followed, there has been an unprecedented rise in commercial interest with the space

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