Just Declassified: Spy Satellite KH-9 Hexagon
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
The National Reconnaissance Office just released video from codename Hexagon, a Cold War era spy-sat photo program. Twenty KeyHole "Big Birds" were launched from 1971 to 1986. Their resemblance to Hubble Space Telescope is not merely coincidental.
