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Key Hole (KH) is the designation for a series of American optical reconnaissance satellites: . KH-1 Corona; KH-2 Corona; KH-3 Corona; KH-4 Corona; KH-5 Argon; KH-6 Lanyard; KH-7 Gambit; KH-8 Gambit 3
All KH-11 Keyhole satellites on orbit, orbital constellation status of September 2013. Nine KH-11 satellites were launched between 1976 and 1990 aboard Titan-3D and Titan-34D launch vehicles, with one launch failure. For the following five satellite launches between 1992 and 2005, a Titan IV launch vehicle was used.
KH-9 (BYEMAN codename HEXAGON), commonly known as Big Bird or KeyHole-9, [1] was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States between 1971 and 1986. Of twenty launch attempts by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), all but one were successful. [ 2 ]
The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.
KH-8 GAMBIT-3 Photographic Payload Section KH-8 Photographic Payload Section. The Camera Optics Module of KH-8 consists of four cameras. The main camera of KH-8B (introduced in 1971) with a focal length of 175.6 in (4.46 m) is a single strip camera, designed to gather high-resolution images of ground targets. I
Australia's defence minister said on Tuesday a defence satellite program was scrapped because of the threat of new technology that can "shoot satellites out of the sky", and Canberra instead wants ...
North Korea's spy satellite program is an "indispensable" measure to counter U.S. space militarisation aimed at beefing up the United States' preemptive nuclear strike capability and securing ...
A KH-7 launch on Atlas-Agena.. BYEMAN codenamed GAMBIT, the KH-7 (Air Force Program 206) was a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967. . Like the older CORONA system, it acquired imagery intelligence by taking photographs and returning the undeveloped film to ea