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,...

crystallographic or mineralogic uses KH-9 Hexagon was a USAF reconnaissance satellite Saturn's hexagon, a consistent hexagonal cloud pattern at the north pole...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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-6 LANYARD KH-7 and KH-8 GAMBIT KH-9 HEXAGON "Big Bird" Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) or KH-10 KH-11 "INTELLIGENCE...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

23, 2022. "DSCS III". Astronautix.com. Retrieved September 23, 2022. "Hexagon Fact Sheet" (PDF). NRO.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2022. "Landsat History"...

discovered in Upper Mesopotamia, based on satellite images from CORONA and KH-9 Hexagon. Notably, 38 of these newly identified forts coincide with the 116 forts...

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...

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...

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...

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