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August 30, 2013

U.S. Spy Satellites Played Key Role in Hunt for Bin Laden 
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The Washington Post also revealed the U.S. commando raid that killed
Osama bin Laden was guided from space by a fleet of satellites, which
aimed dozens of separate receivers over Pakistan to collect a torrent of
electronic and signals intelligence as the mission unfolded. Satellites
operated by the National Reconnaissance Office performed over 387
"collects" of high-resolution and infrared images of the Abbottabad
compound in the month prior to the raid.

 

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