Reuters reporting discloses for the first time that the #SpaceX contract is for a powerful new #spy system w/hundreds of #satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits, & that the spy agency that Musk's company is working w/is the #NRO.
Reuters was unable to determine when the new network of satellites would come online & could not establish what other companies are part of the program w/their own contracts.