Reconnaissance

3 entries

Lacrosse / Onyx

1988 (first)Reconnaissance

US military radar reconnaissance satellites. Can image targets through clouds and darkness. Use synt...

KH-11 Kennen

1976 (first)Reconnaissance

US optical reconnaissance satellites. Similar in size to the Hubble Space Telescope but pointed down...

Corona

1959 (first)Reconnaissance

The first American photo reconnaissance satellites. Dropped exposed film back to Earth in capsules s...