KH-9 (BYEMAN codename HEXAGON), commonly known as Big Bird or KeyHole-9, was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United...

repeated public references to KH-7 GAMBIT, KH-8 GAMBIT 3, KH-9 HEXAGON, and KH-11 KENNEN satellites. The capabilities of the KH-11 are highly classified,...

KH-9 Hexagon was a USAF reconnaissance satellite Saturn's hexagon, a consistent hexagonal cloud pattern at the north pole of Saturn. The Haag hexagon...

for failed equipment. Perkin-Elmer built the optical systems for the KH-9 Hexagon series of spy satellites at a facility in Danbury, Connecticut. Spaceflight...

to KH-5 ARGON. KH-1 thru KH-4B CORONA KH-6 LANYARD KH-7 GAMBIT-1 KH-8 GAMBIT-3 KH-9 HEXAGON or Big Bird KH-10 DORIAN or Manned Orbital Laboratory KH-11...

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...

related to KH-6 LANYARD. CORONA KH-1 through 4 (concurrent operations) KH-5 ARGON KH-7 GAMBIT KH-8 GAMBIT-3 (concurrent operations) KH-9 HEXAGON or "Big...

KH-5 ARGON, KH-6 LANYARD, KH-7 GAMBIT, KH-8 GAMBIT 3 KH-9 Hexagon "Big Bird" KH-10 DORIAN or Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL program) KH-11, KH-12, KH-13...

Airport Terminal 1 (commonly known as Haneda Airport), in Ota, Tokyo KH-9 "Hexagon", a spy satellite NokScoot (call sign: Big Bird), a Thailand-based airline...

for the Minuteman-III, the Space Shuttle Main Engine controllers, the KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellite, and in the Hubble Space Telescope. U. F. Gianola...

series: KH-1, KH-2, KH-3, KH-4 KH-5 ARGON, KH-6 LANYARD KH-7 and KH-8 GAMBIT KH-9 HEXAGON "Big Bird" Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) or KH-10 KH-11 "INTELLIGENCE...

imagery intelligence gathering satellites (i.e. CORONA/Discoverer, KH-7/8 GAMBIT, KH-9 HEXAGON). National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Program B - NRO efforts...

series: KH-1, KH-2, KH-3, KH-4 KH-5 ARGON, KH-6 LANYARD KH-7 Gambit and KH-8 GAMBIT KH-9 Hexagon "Big Bird" MOL – KH-10 KH-11 Kennen, Misty (classified...

series: KH-1, KH-2, KH-3, KH-4 KH-5 ARGON KH-8 GAMBIT-3 (concurrent operations) KH-9 HEXAGON or "Big Bird" KH-10 DORIAN or Manned Orbital Laboratory KH-11...

Gambit (1963–1967) KH-8 – Gambit (1966–1984) KH-9 – Hexagon and Big Bird (1971–1986) KH-10 – Dorian (cancelled) KH-11 – Kennan (or Kennen), Crystal, Improved...

flight from SLC-4E on 15 June 1971, launching the first KH-9 Hexagon satellite. The first KH-11 Kennan satellite was launched from the complex on 19 December...

Reconnaissance Office intended to fly DAMON, a secret payload intended to replace KH-9 HEXAGON, but it was canceled in December 1980. In the shuttle's mid-deck, a Continuous...

was launched. The Corona program led to the development of the KH-7 Gambit and KH-9 Hexagon programs. The first Gambit system, launched in 1963, was equipped...

Office to produce cameras for surveillance satellites such as the KH-7 Gambit and KH-9 Hexagon. Between 1963 and 1970, Kodak engineers worked on the cancelled...

of the very high resolution (VHR) imaging being developed for MOL and KH-9 Hexagon, or whether the resolution provided by Gambit 3 was sufficient. After...

Voskhod reentry modules Apollo Command Module KH-8 Gambit 3 Soyuz reentry module Luna 16 KH-9 Hexagon (4 capsules per launch) Luna 20 Yantar Fanhui Shi...

23, 2022. "DSCS III". Astronautix.com. Retrieved September 23, 2022. "Hexagon Fact Sheet" (PDF). NRO.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2022. The Past Present...

improved through the 1960s, leading to the first launch of the advanced KH-9 Hexagon satellite on 15 June 1971, which provided strategic intelligence without...

Photographic KH-1 Corona KH-2 Corona KH-3 Corona KH-4A Corona KH-4B Corona KH-5 Argon KH-6 Lanyard KH-7 Gambit KH-8 Gambit 3 KH-9 Hexagon KH-10 Dorian Electro-optical...

capsule for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory KH-7 Gambit reconnaissance satellite KH-8 Gambit 3 KH-9 Hexagon Lockheed Martin Titan IVB Rocket Mercury spacecraft...

United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, six miles (9.7 km) northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the oldest and largest military...

P-2500. Photo by KH-9 HEXAGON(1982)...

Storm Rising: Naval Secrets Exposed" Chi Mak August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28) 8 8 "Hexagon: Secret Satellite" KH-9 Hexagon September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)...

the vehicle retained the ability to retrieve large cargos such as the KH-9 HEXAGON from orbit for refurbishment, and the agency studied resupplying the...

Perkin-Elmer, which delivered the cameras for what would become the successful KH-9 "HEXAGON", better known as "Big Bird". There are two different versions of the...