Military satellite
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A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose. The most common missions are intelligence gathering, navigation and military communications.
A model of a German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite inside a Cosmos-3M rocket
Image showing the recovery process for a Discoverer film canister.
STS115 Atlantis undock ISS edit 2
Reconnaissance satellite
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A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
Military satellite
…Corona. Satellites within the Corona program carried different code names. The first launches were code named Discoverer. This mission was a series of reconnaissance satellites, designed to enter orbit, take high-resolution photographs and then return the payload to Earth via parachute. Discoverer 1, the first mission, was…
A list of the types of U.S. reconnaissance satellites deployed from 1960 onward
Aerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad made by the CIA.
KH-4B Corona satellite
U.S. Lacrosse radar spy satellite under construction