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Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites (spacenews.com)
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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 hours ago

The Pentagon is trying to fast-track the deployment of spacecraft for surveillance of geosynchronous Earth orbit, or GEO, a strategically important region roughly 22,000 miles above Earth where many U.S. communications, missile warning and intelligence satellites operate.

So...they want a solution to monitor what is currently moving around in GEO. Doesn't seem particularly sinister or even like "spying"