Magnum ELINT satellite (reported)

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The Magnum ELINT satellite (reported) was a classified U.S. signals intelligence spacecraft believed to have been deployed in the mid-1980s to intercept and analyze electronic communications from orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classified spacecraft
reconnaissance satellite
allegedCoverName Magnum NERFINISHED
associatedAgency Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED
United States Air Force NERFINISHED
confirmationStatus reported but not officially confirmed
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dataTypeCollected communications signals
electromagnetic emissions
radar signals
deploymentMethod shuttle-deployed upper stage
domain space-based reconnaissance
era Cold War
evidenceStatus unacknowledged by official sources
informationSource independent satellite observers
open-source intelligence analysis
launchPeriod mid-1980s
launchSite Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Space Shuttle NERFINISHED
missionType electronic intelligence
signals intelligence
operator United States National Reconnaissance Office NERFINISHED
United States intelligence community NERFINISHED
orbitType geosynchronous orbit
near-geosynchronous orbit
platformType large geostationary SIGINT platform
primaryTargetRegion Middle East NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
programNature black program
purpose electronic intelligence collection
interception of electronic communications
interception of radar emissions
signals intelligence collection
strategic intelligence gathering
relatedProgram Mentor signals intelligence satellite NERFINISHED
Orion ELINT satellite NERFINISHED
securityClassification Top Secret
status classified
successorProgram Orion signals intelligence satellite NERFINISHED
user United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED
United States intelligence agencies NERFINISHED

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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C payload Magnum ELINT satellite (reported)
subject surface form: STS-51-C
STS-51-C payload Magnum ELINT satellite (reported)
this entity surface form: Magnum ELINT satellite (widely believed, classified)