KH-9 Hexagon
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KH-9, commonly known as Big Bird or KeyHole-9, was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States between 1971 and 1986. Of twenty launch attempts by the National Rec
A KH-9 HEXAGON main features
A KH-9 image of the Soviet civil Moscow Domodedovo Airport misidentified in the original document as Kubinka airfield
Stereo pair of KH-9 imagery (Los Angeles-1968/06)
Basic specifications and diagram of the KH-9.
CORONA (satellite)
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The CORONA program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science and Technology with substantial assistan
KH-9 Hexagon
…according to many who worked on it, the most sophisticated mechanical satellite in history. It was conceived in the early 1960s as a replacement for the CORONA search satellites. The goal was to search large areas of the Earth with a medium resolution camera. The KH-9 carried two main cameras, although a mapping…
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
CORONA image of The Pentagon, 25 September 1967