Digital BW, The Print

Originally they did indeed get film back with re-entry capsules.

These days they are all digital.

In article <000b01c2dd51$c72d00e0$79960b45@Seth>, seth@... (Seth 
Rossman) wrote:

> Excellent concept.  I wondered how those spy satellites work!  How do 
> they
> they get that hi-res film back down to earth so fast?  I'd thought it'd 
> burn
> up in the atmosphere.  Sneaky government is making secret film drops 
> from
> space.
> 
> Seth
>