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3 June 2025

• diffhist United States Army 22:47 +102 HeyElliott talk contribs (Redundant, added info to refs, ce) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• diffhist Zirconic 22:43 +426 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: Analysts noted that the Space Based Infrared Satellite Systems (SBIRS), the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications network, and the optical and radar components of the Future Imagery Architecture (FIA, associated with the NRO's Sentient program) program had all experienced significant cost growth during the same period.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:42 +181 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: Controversy surrounding Zirconic and Misty unfolded alongside broader concern over rising costs across the U.S. military space portfolio.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:37 +190 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: It can be quickly deployed and made rigid upon exposure to both outside and internally-created ultraviolet radiation.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" /><ref name="SDI NRO 5345238" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:37 +173 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The camouflage space shield, as reviewed in the patent, takes on the form of an inflatable balloon.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" /><ref name="SDI NRO 5345238" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:37 0 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: ce)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:35 +217 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: Critics argued that secrecy surrounding programs like Zirconic enabled spending without accountability, with industry lobbyists having privileged access denied to skeptics.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:34 +230 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: Analysts noted that stealth satellites are less versatile than standard reconnaissance assets and are only useful in rare conditions when adversaries believe no satellites are overhead. <ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:33 +182 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The Misty satellite launched from the Space Shuttle in 1990 was deployed “over the side” rather than by standard payload bay ejection.<ref name="Leonard Space NRO 2005-01-03" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:12 +6 Very Polite Person talk contribs (Edward Mills Purcell)
• diffhist Zirconic 22:11 +174 Very Polite Person talk contribs (+ File:Edward Mills Purcell.jpg --> Edward Purcell was recognized by the National Reconnaissance Office for his work related to satellite stealth technology) Tag: Disambiguation links added
• diffhist Zirconic 21:30 +213 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The Misty program was developed under the supervision of the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T), specifically its Development and Engineering (OD&E) office.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2004-12-14" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:29 +242 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: A formal threat assessment for the Misty satellite was produced by the CIA’s Office of Scientific and Weapons Research (OSWR), concluding Soviet tracking systems were unlikely to detect the satellite.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2004-12-14" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:29 +173 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The Misty satellite remained in orbit as late as May 1995, though its location and further intelligence contributions remain unknown.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2004-12-14" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:19 +229 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: In its early use, the KH-11 satellite was mistakenly identified by Soviet analysts as a signals intelligence platform, leading them to lower their concealment efforts during its overpasses.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:19 +248 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: Because of extreme compartmentalization, Misty’s developers did not consult key satellite-tracking experts from agencies like the Naval Research Laboratory, potentially overlooking alternative assessments.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:18 +248 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: A 1983 Department of Defense report stated that Soviet anti-satellite systems were operational and capable of targeting U.S. spacecraft in low Earth orbit, reinforcing the case for a stealth imaging platform.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:17 +212 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: An early proposal to keep a satellite in a high parking orbit and deorbit it only when needed was abandoned after it was determined the film would degrade while in storage.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:16 +236 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: The CIA's James Cunningham proposed a covert reconnaissance satellite to address growing Soviet tracking capabilities; the system would emphasize concealment and require minimal launch personnel.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:14 +220 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: Despite its intended stealth, the Misty satellite was visually detected by amateur observers within eight months of launch, who tracked it at an altitude of approximately 500 miles.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:12 +179 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The 1990 public patent for a radar-evading satellite shield prompted internal anger at the NRO over potential exposure of classified methods.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:11 +207 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: The patent described a radar screen structure that could either suppress a satellite’s radar cross-section or mimic the signature of a benign space vehicle.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 21:09 +250 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: After the launch of Misty in 1990, U.S. and Soviet sources incorrectly reported that the satellite had malfunctioned and would soon reenter the atmosphere, but the CIA later confirmed it remained operational.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist m Boulder, Colorado 20:59 +38 Rodw talk contribs (Disambiguating links to Native Americans (link changed to Native Americans in the United States) using DisamAssist.)
• diffhist m Zirconic 19:20 0 Woodlot talk contribs (spelling) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Zirconic 18:51 +209 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→History: Senator Ron Wyden stated that other surveillance programs, including unmanned aerial vehicles, could achieve Misty's objectives at significantly lower cost and risk.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 18:49 +184 Very Polite Person talk contribs (+File:STS-36 Launch.jpg --> STS-36 launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis, which deployed assets from the Misty satellite program under Zirconic.)
• diffhist Zirconic 18:41 +267 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: Despite the Misty 2 satellite being operational, U.S. overhead assets failed to detect North Korean uranium enrichment activities; the discovery was instead made through tracking aluminum tube shipments.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Zirconic 18:39 +277 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: Following the 1999 Titan IV-B launch of Misty 2, amateur satellite trackers concluded that the satellite deployed a high-altitude decoy object to obscure the location of the actual payload, which was operating in a much lower orbit.<ref name="Richelson NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Jimmy Carter 17:56 +1,070 John Cummings talk contribs (→Israel and Palestine: adding information on the 1996 Palestinian election including image of Carter at the election) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Zirconic 16:50 +26 Very Polite Person talk contribs ('''Zirconic''' was a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) codename for a program to develop reconnaissance satellites with stealth technology. Zirconic included the Misty and Prowler spacecraft. Zirconic was the special compartment established by the NRO to conceal the existance of the program within the Byeman Control System (BYEMAN), which was used to maintain control of classified information)
• diffhist Zirconic 16:49 0 Very Polite Person talk contribs (→Satellite details: sequence, historical first.)
• diffhist m Vice Chief of Space Operations 16:40 0 Woko Sapien talk contribs (MOS:JOBTITLES)
• diffhist Zirconic 15:48 −1 Very Polite Person talk contribs (-extra line)
• diffhist Christopher Scolese 15:44 +44 Very Polite Person talk contribs ({{Template:National Reconnaissance Office}})
• diffhist Byeman Control System 15:44 +45 Very Polite Person talk contribs ({{Template:National Reconnaissance Office}})
• diffhist Zirconic 15:34 +567 Very Polite Person talk contribs (Writing for ''European Security & Defence'', Douglas Richardson noted the involvement of Edward Mills Purcell in programs related to Zironic and previously Corona, to "make these vehicles, if not invisible to radar, hard to observe with radar."<ref name="Richardson Sanctuary NRO 2005-05-01" />)
• diffhist Vandenberg Space Force Base 14:24 0 140.32.108.251 talk (→Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Interceptor)
• diffhist Space Delta 7 13:55 −37 WikiOriginal-9 talk contribs (→References: rem stub)
• diffhist Space Base Delta 2 12:35 −36 WikiOriginal-9 talk contribs (→References: rem stub)
• diffhist m Dijkstra's algorithm 05:42 +6 Gymate talk contribs (Move value of deprecated Template:Rp parameter to a new one) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist m Boulder, Colorado 05:22 0 GKarastergios talk contribs (Capitalization)
• diffhist Boulder, Colorado 03:12 +12 2600:1017:b839:6fee:bdda:f59e:4252:e7a talk (→History) Tag: Disambiguation links added

2 June 2025

• diffhist Help:CS1 errors 16:30 +189 FlatLanguage talk contribs (→Vancouver style error: +Latin Extended Additional Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 94#extended definitions for Latn character set, Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 94#module suite update 23–24 March 2024)
• diffhist New York City 13:16 −26 Zacwill talk contribs (not directly named after the Duke of York)
• diffhist Boulder, Colorado 03:23 +17 Patapsco913 talk contribs (→2020 census: ce)

1 June 2025

• diffhist Boulder, Colorado 10:37 +169 BerkshireSam talk contribs (Updated 2024 population estimate on infobox) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Boulder, Colorado 10:34 +47 BerkshireSam talk contribs (updated 2024 population estimates) Tag: Visual edit

31 May 2025

• diffhist Edwin H. Land 20:42 +17 71.120.193.194 talk
• diffhist Jimmy Carter 05:37 −12 Grapesurgeon talk contribs (this bit not usually needed for major leaders; also i think it uses the wrong dash (should be endash)) Tag: Shortdesc helper