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U.S. Shutting Down Multi-Billion-Dollar Spy Satellite

HeadlineJun 22, 2007

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell has announced he’s shutting down a multi-billion-dollar satellite program that would have been used for spying. McConnell says the system has grown too expensive. Few details have been released, but officials say it was developed by the weapons giant Lockheed Martin.

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