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Apparently they also got into trouble because of the menacing look of NROL-39. Quoting from page 17 of the document you linked:

"[redacted] said after the octopus logo, the White House threatened to require presidential approval if the NRO approved any more menacing logos."

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Perhaps as it was during the 2013 period when US security agencies were in the spotlight. Here is Jon Stewart Daily Show on this exact logo.[1] (US-only video, here is the NSFW-ish punchline [2]).

NROL-10 launched in 2000 with an almost Miyazaki-esque logo designed by school children.[3] Most of the mission logos seem to be in jest, or more recently Marvel Avengers-based.

[1] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wnciaf/the-daily-show-with-jon...

[2] https://kotaku.com/john-stewart-claims-responsibility-for-pe...

[3] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NROL-10_Mission_Pa...

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