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2025-03-10

Articles published on 2025-03-10.

ELINT satellite concept image from The Space Review
2025-03-10 · HN #49915082

The Secret ELINT Satellites That Bridged Strategic and Tactical Intelligence

Declassified documents reveal how the URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites evolved from strategic national intelligence tools to tactical assets supporting battlefield commanders, pioneering the TENCAP program that brought space-based electronic intelligence directly to military forces in the field.