Not to be picky, but what about WHITECLOUD and NOSS/INTRUDER satellites. Speaking of which, didn't see anything about them. They are definitely signit birds. Are you excluding programs that used MOLNIYA orbits?
I think that Runway and Rainfall were code names for ground processing systems, NOT for the satellites.
Quote from: Blackstar on 08/01/2017 07:47 pmI think that Runway and Rainfall were code names for ground processing systems, NOT for the satellites.In following text, RAINFALL is also interpreted as the ground station for Rhyolite.http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PG-SIGINT-Satellites.pdf
Quote from: Skyrocket on 08/01/2017 07:57 pmQuote from: Blackstar on 08/01/2017 07:47 pmI think that Runway and Rainfall were code names for ground processing systems, NOT for the satellites.In following text, RAINFALL is also interpreted as the ground station for Rhyolite.http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PG-SIGINT-Satellites.pdfI re-read the doc and RAINFALL seems to be the name of the whole program (ground station + satellite).
Quote from: gosnold on 08/03/2017 05:51 pmQuote from: Skyrocket on 08/01/2017 07:57 pmQuote from: Blackstar on 08/01/2017 07:47 pmI think that Runway and Rainfall were code names for ground processing systems, NOT for the satellites.In following text, RAINFALL is also interpreted as the ground station for Rhyolite.http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PG-SIGINT-Satellites.pdfI re-read the doc and RAINFALL seems to be the name of the whole program (ground station + satellite).either way, this wording is wrong:"RHYOLITE (unclassified codename RAINFALLCANYON program (also known by its unclassified codename RUNWAY
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So in otherwords, people researching these topics should be filing FIOA's for the list of code words the Redaction Quality Control supervisor uses... Nice job. So Wild Bill, that must be a wild, wild story...
I think those are typos. OPPORKNOCKITY is a pun ("opportunity knocks only once, opporknockity tunes only once"). One thing I got a kick out of with the AFTRACK declassification is how often these codewords were little more than inside jokes. For instance, "LONG JOHN" was named after a guy named John who worked on the program who was very tall. "NEW HAMPSHIRE" and "NEW JERSEY" both had to do with where some of the electronics were designed. So where does "NOAH'S ARK" come from?
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... So where does "NOAH'S ARK" come from?