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Well the Hubble precedent is certainly true and a James web style ability to somewhat decouple aperture size from the size of the launch vehicle would no doubt be attractive to the NRO. That agencies launches are a matter of public record (the launches not the payloads) and I'm struggling to remember possible IMINT launches that fit the orbital characteristics and timeframe, but there are more suitable forums than this one to research this.... Where is byeman when we need him to add a valuable sanity check? (Being genuine, not being sarcastic or offensive to anyone here)