KH-9 (BYEMAN codename HEXAGON), commonly known as Big Bird or KeyHole-9, was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United...
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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,...
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The Kh-38/Kh-38M (Russian: Х-38) is a family of standoff air-to-surface missiles meant to succeed the Kh-25 and Kh-29 missile families. The Kh-38 also...
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CORONA (satellite) (redirect from KH-4)
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...
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The Kh-55 (Russian: Х-55, also known as RKV-500; NATO reporting name: AS-15 "Kent") is a Soviet/Russian subsonic air-launched cruise missile, designed...
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The Kh-22 "Storm" (Russian: Х-22 "Буря", NATO reporting name AS-4 'Kitchen') is a large, long-range anti-ship cruise missile developed by MKB Raduga in...
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The Kh-59 Ovod (Russian: Х-59 Овод 'Gadfly'; AS-13 'Kingbolt') is a Russian cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 200 km range...
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PerkinElmer (section KH-9 Hexagon)
liable 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...
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Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 (section Falcon 9)
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...
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The Kh-25/Kh-25M (Russian: Х-25; NATO: AS-10 'Karen') is a family of Soviet lightweight air-to-ground missiles with a modular range of guidance systems...
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The Zvezda Kh-35 (Russian: Х-35 , AS-20 'Kayak') is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters,...
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The Kh-101 (Russian: Х-101; NATO reporting name: AS-23 "Kodiak") is a Russian subsonic air-launched cruise missile. Designed in the 1990s, it underwent...
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superseded by the Kh-31. The NATO reporting name is "Kilter". The Bereznyak design bureau had developed the liquid-fuelled Kh-28 (AS-9 ‘Kyle’) and the KSR-5P...
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The Kh-31 (Russian: Х-31; AS-17 'Krypton') is a Soviet and Russian air-to-surface missile carried by aircraft such as the MiG-29, Su-35 and the Su-57....
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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...
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Kh-32 (Russian: Х-32) is a Russian supersonic air-launched cruise missile with a range of 600–1000 km developed by the MKB Raduga from the Kh-22. The...
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The Zvezda Kh-66 and Kh-23 Grom (Russian: Х-23 Гром 'Thunder'; NATO: AS-7 'Kerry') are a family of early Soviet tactical air-to-surface missiles with a...
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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...
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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...
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municipalities and sections in Cambodia List of communes in Cambodia ISO 3166-2:KH "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results"...
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Titan 34D (section 1986 failure, Titan 34D-9)
34D-9 was launched 18 April 1986 at Vandenberg AFB. Instead of the advanced KH-11 satellite carried on 34D-7, this booster carried the older model KH-9 in...
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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...
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The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Russian: Х-47М2 Кинжал, lit. 'Dagger'; NATO reporting name: AS-24 Killjoy) is a Russian hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile...
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part of the Titan rocket family. Titan IIID was flown 22 times with KH-9 and KH-11 satellites between 1971 and 1982, all successful launches. Essentially...
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ISO 3166-2:KH is the entry for Cambodia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...
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The Kh-28 (Russian: Х-28; Nisan-28; NATO: AS-9 'Kyle') was the first Soviet anti-radiation missile (ARM) for tactical aircraft. It entered production in...
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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...
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as well as military satellite images captured by the CIA's KH-9 (Keyhole 9) in 1973 and KH-11 (Keyhole 11) in 1976 and 1990–1992. Creationism Durupınar...
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The Kh-45 Molnija "Lightning" was a Soviet hypersonic anti-ship air-to-surface missile project. It was developed from 1971 as the main armament for the...
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intelligence: KH-1, KH-2, KH-3, KH-4, KH-4A, KH-4B Corona (1959–1972) KH-5 – Argon (1961–1962) KH-6— Lanyard (1963) KH-7 – Gambit (1963–1967) KH-8 – Gambit...
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