Well they did but it was classified for a while. Then the NRO donated it to NASA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_Office_space_tele

Well they did but it was classified for a while. Then the NRO donated it to NASA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_Office_space_telescope_donation_to_NASA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance...