在海湾战场上空,美军利用间谍卫星收集大量伊拉克的军事情报,根据这些情报美军制定了多国部队的作战计划和判定轰炸效果。这些间谍卫星大部分为监视苏联而设置的,这次转用于监视伊拉克的军事行动。侦察卫星的图像数据由数字化通信卫星送回美国本土的空军照片评定中心,经过计算机处理后,再送给战场部队使用。另外,美国在静止轨道上设有电子侦察 Over the battlefield in the Gulf, the U.S. military used spy satellites to collect a large amount of Iraqi military intelligence. Based on these intelligence reports, the U.S. military formulated the combat plan of the multinational force and judged the effectiveness of the bombing. Most of these spy satellites were set up to watch the Soviet Union, this time turning to monitor Iraq’s military operations. Reconnaissance satellite image data from the digital communications satellite back to the United States Air Force photo assessment center, after computer processing, and then sent to the battlefield forces use. In addition, the United States has electronic reconnaissance in geostationary orbit