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The KH-11 replaced the KH-9 film return satellite, among others, the last of which was lost in a liftoff explosion in 1986. All KH-11 satellites are in either of two standard planes in Sun-synchronous orbits. As shadows help to discern ground features, satellites in a standard plane east of a noon/midnight orbit observe the ground at local ...
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; KH-9 Hexagon/Big Bird; KH-10 Dorian/Manned Orbiting Laboratory; KH-11 Crystal/Kennan; KH-12 Improved Crystal/Ikon/Advanced Kennan
KH-11 14 [5] Optical imaging Entered service, presumed active Last launch of a Titan rocket. L-21: USA-193 [1] 14 December 2006 21:00 [27] VAFB, SLC-2W: Delta II 7920-10 LEO: Unknown Unknown Destroyed Failed on orbit immediately after launch. Destroyed by ASAT on 21 February 2008. L-22: USA-184 [1] 28 June 2006 03:33 VAFB, SLC-6: Delta IV M+(4,2)
Details of USA-245's mission are classified by the US military, however numerous independent analysts identified it as a KH-11 before launch, and amateur satellite watchers have since observed it in the orbit used by such satellites. [3] [4] KH-11 satellites are used to provide high-resolution optical and infrared imagery for US intelligence ...
NROL-49 (KH-11 Kennen) Active USA-225: 2011-02-06 2011-006A Technology Minotaur I: NROL-66 (Rapid Pathfinder Prototype) Active USA-226: 2011-03-05 Technology Atlas V 501
An unnamed space analyst stated that the instruments may be a part of the KH-11 Kennen line of satellites which have been launched since 1976, but which have now been largely superseded by newer telescopes with wider fields of view than the KH-11. The analyst stated, however, that the telescopes have "state-of-the-art optics" despite their ...
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