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Reconnaissance satellite

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A reconnaissance satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications. [1]

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Aerial reconnaissance

Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

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Aerial warfare

Aerial warfare is the battlespace use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare.

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Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado

Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) is one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the continental United States.

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Aerospace Data Facility-East

Aerospace Data Facility-East (ADF-E), also known as Area 58 and formerly known as Defense Communications Electronics Evaluation and Testing Activity (DCEETA), is one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the continental United States.

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Aerospace Data Facility-Southwest

Aerospace Data Facility-Southwest (ADF-SW) is one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the continental United States.

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AGM-28 Hound Dog

The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force.

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Air Force Satellite Control Facility

The United States Air Force's Air Force Satellite Control Facility (AFSCF) was a space command and control unit located at Onizuka AFB, California.

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Air Force Systems Command

The Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command.

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Alan Prince (civil servant)

Alan Prince (February 15, 1915 – October 2, 2015) was a Canadian civil servant and scientist who served as the Director of the Atomic Energy Control Board, now called the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), from 1975 to 1978.

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Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master

The Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master is a military twin-engine transonic trainer aircraft.

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Almaz

The Almaz (Алмаз, "Diamond") program was a highly secretive Soviet military space station program, begun in the early 1960s.

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Amos (satellite)

Amos is a series of Israeli communications satellites.

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Anti-satellite weapon

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes.

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ANZUS

The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is the 1951, collective security non-binding agreement between Australia and New Zealand and, separately, Australia and the United States, to co-operate on military matters in the Pacific Ocean region, although today the treaty is taken to relate to conflicts worldwide.

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Aquacade (satellite)

Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

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Arirang-2

Arirang-2, also known as KOMPSAT-2, is a South Korean multipurpose reconnaissance satellite.

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Ascent Propulsion System

The Ascent Propulsion System (APS) or LMAE (Lunar Module Ascent Engine) is a fixed thrust hypergolic rocket engine developed by Bell Aerosystems for use in the Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Stage.

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Atlas V

Atlas V ("V" is pronounced "Five") is an expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family.

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Atmospheric entry

Atmospheric entry is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or natural satellite.

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August 1960

The following events occurred in August 1960.

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Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil is a 2006 American war film and the sequel to Behind Enemy Lines.

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Bert R. Bulkin

Bertram Raoul Bulkin (July 20, 1929 – March 10, 2012) was an American aeronautical engineer who participated in the first United States photo-reconnaissance satellite programs and is best known for his role in building the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Bhangmeter

A bhangmeter is a non-imaging radiometer installed on reconnaissance and navigation satellites to detect atmospheric nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.

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Blackstar (spacecraft)

Blackstar is the reported codename of a secret United States orbital spaceplane system.

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Boathouse Row

Boathouse Row is a historic site located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, just north of the Fairmount Water Works and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Boeing X-37

The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable uncrewed spacecraft.

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Bolo universe

The Bolo universe is a fictional universe based on a series of military science fiction books by author Keith Laumer.

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Boost-glide

Boost-glide trajectories are a class of spacecraft guidance and reentry trajectories that extend the range of suborbital spaceplanes and reentry vehicles by employing aerodynamic lift in the high upper atmosphere.

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Brazilian Space Agency

The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program.

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Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office

The,, is an intelligence agency of Japan, an agency of the Cabinet Secretariat, which reports directly to the Prime Minister.

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Canada and weapons of mass destruction

Canada has not officially maintained and possessed weapons of mass destruction since 1984 and, as of 1998, has signed treaties repudiating possession of them.

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Candle (novel)

Candle is a science fiction novel by John Barnes that was published in 2000, it is part of the author's Century Next Door series.

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Canyon (satellite)

Canyon was a series of seven United States spy satellites launched between 1968 and 1977.

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Caspian Sea Monster

The KM (Korabi Maket) (Russian: Корабль-макет, literally "Ship-prototype"), known colloquially as the Caspian Sea Monster, was a Soviet experimental ground effect vehicle (ekranoplan) developed by the Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau in the 1960s.

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Centaur (rocket stage)

Centaur has been designed to be the upper stage of space launch vehicles and is used on the Atlas V. Centaur was the world's first high-energy upper stage, burning liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX).

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Cerise (satellite)

Cerise (French for "cherry") was a French military reconnaissance satellite.

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Chantilly, Virginia

Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Chidlaw Building

The Chidlaw Building is a former United States Air Force facility located in the Knob Hill neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Chinese space program

The space program of the People's Republic of China is directed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

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Christopher John Boyce

Christopher John Boyce (born February 16, 1953) is a former American defense industry employee who was convicted for selling United States spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

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Clandestine operation

A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or specific enemy forces.

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Clémentine (satellite)

Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space." It is a successor to the Cerise satellite.

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Cliff Stearns

Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr. (born April 16, 1941) was the U.S. Representative for from 1989 to 2013.

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Cold War (TV series)

Cold War is a twenty-four episode television documentary series about the Cold War that aired in 1998.

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Colobot

Colobot (Colonize with Bots) is an educational real-time strategy video game featuring 3D graphics.

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Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite

Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite is an Indian advanced reconnaissance satellite, being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunications signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.

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Corona (satellite)

The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.

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Détente

Détente (meaning "relaxation") is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Republic of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India.

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Defense Intelligence Headquarters

The is a signals intelligence agency of the Japanese government, under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

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Defense Support Program

Supply support for what was known as the 1st Communications Squadron at Buckley Air National Guard Base in early 1970 was provided by Operating Location AB of the 4600/Supply Squadron and 2 personnel from Space Command.

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Delta IV

Delta IV is an expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family.

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Delta IV Heavy

The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, with a payload capacity half of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Diamant

The Diamant rocket (Diamant is French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either the United States or USSR.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states.

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Discoverer 1

Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of satellites which were part of the Corona reconnaissance satellite program.

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Discoverer 10

Discoverer 10 was an American military reconnaissance satellite, launched in 1960 as a part of the Discoverer program.

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Discoverer 14

Discoverer 14 (also known as KH-1 9009) was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by DARPA and the United States Air Force.

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Discoverer 16

Discoverer 16, also known as Corona 9011, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1960.

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Discoverer 17

Discoverer 17, also known as Corona 9012, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1960.

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Discoverer 18

Discoverer 18, also known as Corona 9013, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1960.

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Discoverer 20

Discoverer 20, also known as Corona 9014A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 22

Discoverer 22, also known as Corona 9015, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.

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Discoverer 23

Discoverer 23, also known as Corona 9016A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 24

Discoverer 24, also known as Corona 9018A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961 but failed to achieve orbit.

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Discoverer 25

Discoverer 25, also known as Corona 9017, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 26

Discoverer 26, also known as Corona 9019, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 27

Discoverer 27, also known as Corona 9020A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite launched in 1961, but which failed to achieve orbit.

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Discoverer 28

Discoverer 28, also known as Corona 9021, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.

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Discoverer 29

Discoverer 29, also known as Corona 9023, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 30

Discoverer 30, also known as Corona 9022, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 31

Discoverer 31, also known as Corona 9024, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 32

Discoverer 32, also known as Corona 9025, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 33

Discoverer 33, also known as Corona 9026, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.

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Discoverer 34

Discoverer 34, also known as Corona 9027, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 35

Discoverer 35, also known as Corona 9028, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 36

Discoverer 36, also known as Corona 9029, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.

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Discoverer 37

Discoverer 37, also known as Corona 9030, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1962.

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Discoverer 9

Discoverer 9 was an American military reconnaissance satellite, launched in 1960 as a part of the Discoverer program.

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Dorsey Road Warehouse

The Dorsey Road Warehouse is a U.S. National Security Agency warehouse located at 1472 Dorsey Road in Hanover, Maryland.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes dry-dock or drydock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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Dual-use technology

In politics and diplomacy, dual-use is technology that can be used for both peaceful and military aims.

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Dwayne A. Day

Dwayne Allen Day is an American space historian and policy analyst and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

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Earth observation satellite

Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed for Earth observation from orbit, similar to spy satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc.

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East Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration

For purposes of U.S. State Department policy, East Asia consists of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China (mainland, as well as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region), East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan (R.O.C.), Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Economy of Turkey

The economy of Turkey is defined as an emerging market economy by the IMF.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Egyptian Armed Forces

The Egyptian Armed Forces are the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Egypt.

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Enhanced Imaging System

Enhanced Imaging System (EIS), officially referred to as "Enhanced Imagery System", previously known as 8X, and sometimes unofficially known as Misty 2 and KH-13, is an American reconnaissance satellite program.

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Erhard Kietz

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EROS (satellite)

Earth Resources Observation Satellite (EROS) is a series of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), with optical payload supplied by El-Op.

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Espionage balloon

An espionage balloon is a balloon used for spying.

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F-14 Tomcat operational history

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat has served with the United States Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF).

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Fanhui Shi Weixing

Fanhui Shi Weixing is a series of Chinese recoverable reconnaissance satellites.

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February 1959

The following events occurred in February 1959.

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February 22

No description.

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February 24

For superstitious reasons, when the Romans began to intercalate to bring their calendar into line with the solar year, they chose not to place their extra month of Mercedonius after February but within it.

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February 28

No description.

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Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves through an atmosphere (or beyond it, as in the case of spaceflight) without contact with the surface.

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Fractional Orbital Bombardment System

The Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) was a Soviet ICBM program in the 1960s that after launch would go into a low Earth orbit and would then de-orbit for an attack.

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Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance is an open-ended 4X real-time strategy (RTS) game from Gremlin Interactive, released in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95.

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Front Mission Evolved

is a third-person shooter video game developed by Double Helix Games and published by Square Enix.

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FTV-1126

FTV-1126, also known as Corona 9034A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962.

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FTV-1132

FTV-1132, also known as the Corona 9042A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1962.

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FTV-2203

FTV-2203, also known as Samos 5, was an American reconnaissance satellite launched in 1961 as part of the Samos programme.

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Future Imagery Architecture

Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) was a program to design a new generation of optical and radar imaging US reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

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G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane is a 1997 American action film directed by Ridley Scott, produced by Largo Entertainment, Scott Free Productions and Caravan Pictures, distributed by Hollywood Pictures and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen and Anne Bancroft.

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Galactic Radiation and Background

Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was the covername for Project Dyno ELINT intelligence satellites operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) shortly after the Cold War U-2 incident of 1960.

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Göktürk-2

Göktürk-2 is an earth observation satellite designed and developed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and built by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Planet Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Ghost Fleet (novel)

Ghost Fleet is a 2015 techno-thriller by P. W. Singer and August Cole.

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Girls Bravo

is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Mario Kaneda and serialized from 2000 to 2005 in Shōnen Ace by Kadokawa Shoten.

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Glenn L. Martin Company

The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin.

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Global commons

Global commons is a term typically used to describe international, supranational, and global resource domains in which common-pool resources are found.

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Google Maps

Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google.

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Grumman OV-1 Mohawk

The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk was an armed military observation and attack aircraft, designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities.

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H-IIA

H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Hainan

Hainan is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea.

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Hassan Mohamed Hussein

Hassan Mohamed Hussein "Muungaab" حسن محمد حسين مونجاب) is a Somali politician. He served as Mayor of Mogadishu & Governor of the Banaadir region between 27 February 2014 to 26 October 2015. He also served as State Minister of Justice between August 2016 to 8 February 2017.

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Hélios 1B

The Hélios 1B was a French military photo-reconnaissance satellite in which Italy and Spain also participated.

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Helicarrier

The Helicarrier is a fictional flying aircraft carrier appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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History of espionage

Espionage, as well as other intelligence assessment, has existed since ancient times.

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History of science and technology in the People's Republic of China

For more than a century China's leaders have called for rapid development of science and technology, and science policy has played a greater role in national politics in China than in many other countries.

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History of the camera

The history of the camera can be traced much further back than the introduction of photography.

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History of the United States Air Force

The United States Air Force became a separate military service on 18 September 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947.

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HOPE-X

HOPE was a Japanese experimental spaceplane project designed by a partnership between NASDA and NAL (both now part of JAXA), started in the 1980s.

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Hunting Chris Ryan

Hunting Chris Ryan is a documentary produced by the BBC in 2003.

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Ice Station Zebra (novel)

Ice Station Zebra is a 1963 thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Ikar (rocket stage)

The Ikar was a rocket upper stage designed in Russia in 1999 to be used with the Soyuz 11A511U rocket as Soyuz-Ikar.

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Imagery intelligence

Imagery intelligence (IMINT) is an intelligence gathering discipline which collects information via satellite and aerial photography.

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Index of electronics articles

This is an index of articles relating to electronics and electricity or natural electricity and things that run on electricity and things that use or conduct electricity.

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Industrial espionage

Industrial espionage, economic espionage, corporate spying or corporate espionage is a form of espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of purely national security.

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Information Gathering Satellite

is a satellite in a Japanese spy satellite program.

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Integrated Overhead SIGINT Architecture

Integrated Overhead SIGINT Architecture, or IOSA, incorrectly reported to be codenamed Intruder, was a spy satellite system to be operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office, which would have replaced the Mentor and Mercury systems.

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Intelligence officer

An Intelligence Officer is a person employed by an organization to collect, compile and/or analyze information (known as intelligence) which is of use to that organization.

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Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance

ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.

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Iranian Space Agency

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران Sázmán e Fazái e Irán) is Iran's governmental space agency.

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Iron Storm (2002 video game)

Iron Storm is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4X Studios and published by Wanadoo in Europe and DreamCatcher Interactive in North America.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit. "The Army of Defense for Israel"; جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal, are the military forces of the State of Israel.

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Israel Space Agency

The Israel Space Agency (ISA; סוכנות החלל הישראלית, Sochnut HaChalal HaYisraelit) is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology, that coordinates all Israeli space research programs with scientific and commercial goals.

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Itek

Itek Corporation was a United States defense contractor that initially specialized in camera systems for spy satellites and various other reconnaissance systems.

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Jane's Defence Weekly

Jane's Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs, edited by Peter Felstead.

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January 1967

The following events occurred in January 1967.

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Japan's space development

Japan's space exploration originated in the mid-1950s as a research group led by Hideo Itokawa at the University of Tokyo.

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Jesse L. Greenstein

Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer.

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Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll, also known as Kalama Atoll to Native Hawaiians, is an unincorporated territory of the United States currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Jumpseat (satellite)

Jumpseat, also known as AFP-711 is reportedly a code name for a class of SIGINT reconnaissance satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s.

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June 1975

The following events occurred in June 1975.

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Key Hole

Key Hole (KH) is the designation for a series of American optical reconnaissance satellites.

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KH-11 Kennen

The KH-11 KENNEN, renamed CRYSTAL in 1982p.199-200 and according to leaked NRO budget documentation currently going by the codename of Evolved Enhanced CRYSTAL (EEC) (but also referenced by the codenames 1010,p.82 Key Hole and "Key Hole"), is a type of reconnaissance satellite first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office in December 1976.

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KH-5 Argon

KH-5 ARGON was a series of reconnaissance satellites produced by the United States from February 1961 to August 1964.

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KH-6 Lanyard

Codenamed Lanyard, the KH-6 was the unsuccessful first attempt to develop and deploy a high-resolution optical reconnaissance satellite by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.

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KH-7 Gambit

Codenamed Gambit, the KH-7 (Air Force Program 206) was a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967.

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KH-8 Gambit 3

The KH-8 (BYEMAN codename Gambit-3) was a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites of the "Key Hole" (KH) series used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984, and also known as Low Altitude Surveillance Platform.

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KH-9 Hexagon

KH-9 (BYEMAN codename HEXAGON), commonly known as Big Birdp.32 Big Bird or Keyhole-9, was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States between 1971 and 1986.

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Kondor (satellite)

Kondor, GRAU index 14F133, is a series of earth imaging or military reconnaissance satellites developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces and export customers.

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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 alternative theories

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 alternative theories concerns the various theories put forward regarding the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

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Kosmos 10

Kosmos 10 (Космос 10 meaning Cosmos 10), also known as Zenit-2 #5, was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962.

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Kosmos 104

Kosmos 104 (Космос 104 meaning Cosmos 104) or Zenit-2 No.36 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 105

Kosmos 105 (Космос 105 meaning Cosmos 105) or Zenit-2 No.38 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 107

Kosmos 107 (Космос 107 meaning Cosmos 107) or Zenit-2 No.34 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 112

Kosmos 112 (Космос 112 meaning Cosmos 112) or Zenit-2 No.37 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 115

Kosmos 115 (Космос 115 meaning Cosmos 115) or Zenit-2 No.35 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 117

Kosmos 117 (Космос 117 meaning Cosmos 117) or Zenit-2 No.39 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 12

Kosmos 12 (Космос 12 meaning Cosmos 12) or Zenit-2 No.6 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962.

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Kosmos 120

Kosmos 120 (Космос 120 meaning Cosmos 120) or Zenit-2 No.41 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 124

Kosmos 124 (Космос 124 meaning Cosmos 124) or Zenit-2 No.42 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 129

Kosmos 129 (Космос 129 meaning Cosmos 129) or Zenit-2 No.33 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 13

Kosmos 13 (Космос 13 meaning Cosmos 13) or Zenit-2 No.9 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 132

Kosmos 132 (Космос 132 meaning Cosmos 132) or Zenit-2 No.46 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 136

Kosmos 136 (Космос 136 meaning Cosmos 136) or Zenit-2 No.47 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966.

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Kosmos 138

Kosmos 138 (Космос 138 meaning Cosmos 138) or Zenit-2 No.43 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967.

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Kosmos 1402

Kosmos 1402 (Космос 1402) was a Soviet spy satellite that malfunctioned, resulting in the uncontrolled re-entry of its nuclear reactor and its radioactive uranium fuel.

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Kosmos 143

Kosmos 143 (Космос 143 meaning Cosmos 143) or Zenit-2 No.45 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967.

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Kosmos 147

Kosmos 147 (Космос 147 meaning Cosmos 147) or Zenit-2 No.44 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967.

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Kosmos 15

Kosmos 15 (Космос 15 meaning Cosmos 15) or Zenit-2 No.8 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 16

Kosmos 16 (Космос 16 meaning Cosmos 16) or Zenit-2 No.10 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 18

Kosmos 18 (Космос 18 meaning Cosmos 18) or Zenit-2 No.11 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 20

Kosmos 20 (Космос 20 meaning Cosmos 20) or Zenit-2 No.13 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 2175

Kosmos 2175 (Космос-2175 meaning Cosmos 2175) was a Russian Yantar-4K2 photo reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 24

Kosmos 24 (Космос 24 meaning Cosmos 24) or Zenit-2 No.15 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963.

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Kosmos 2441

Kosmos 2441 (Космос 2441 meaning Cosmos 2441), also known as Persona No.1, was a Russian optical reconnaissance satellite launched in 2008.

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Kosmos 2472

Kosmos 2472 (Космос 2472 meaning Cosmos 2472) was a Russian Kobalt-M reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2011 by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

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Kosmos 2480

Kosmos 2480 (Космос 2480 meaning Cosmos 2480) is a Russian Kobalt-M reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2012 by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

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Kosmos 28

Kosmos 28 (Космос 28 meaning Cosmos 28) or Zenit-2 No.16 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 29

Kosmos 29 (Космос 29 meaning Cosmos 29) or Zenit-2 No.19 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 32

Kosmos 32 (Космос 32 meaning Cosmos 32) or Zenit-2 No.18 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 33

Kosmos 33 (Космос 33 meaning Cosmos 33) or Zenit-2 No.20 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 35

Kosmos 35 (Космос 35 meaning Cosmos 35) or Zenit-2 No.21 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 37

Kosmos 37 (Космос 37 meaning Cosmos 37) or Zenit-2 No.22 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 4

Kosmos 4 (Космос 4 meaning Cosmos 4), also known as Zenit-2 No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 14 was the first Soviet reconnaissance satellite to successfully reach orbit.

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Kosmos 46

Kosmos 46 (Космос 46 meaning Cosmos 46) or Zenit-2 No.23 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 48

Kosmos 48 (Космос 48 meaning Cosmos 48) or Zenit-2 No.24 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 50

Kosmos 50 (italic meaning Cosmos 50) or Zenit-2 No.25 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964.

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Kosmos 52

Kosmos 52 (Космос 52 meaning Cosmos 52) or Zenit-2 No.26 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 64

Kosmos 64 (Космос 64 meaning Cosmos 64) or Zenit-2 No.17 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 66

Kosmos 66 (Космос 66 meaning Cosmos 66) or Zenit-2 No.27 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 68

Kosmos 68 (Космос 68 meaning Cosmos 68) or Zenit-2 No.29 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 7

Kosmos 7 (Космос 7 meaning Cosmos 7), also known as Zenit-2 #4 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 17 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962.

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Kosmos 78

Kosmos 78 (Космос 78) or Zenit-2 No.30 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 9

Kosmos 9 (Космос 9 meaning Cosmos 9), also known as Zenit-2 #7, was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962.

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Kosmos 954

Kosmos 954 (Космос 954) was a reconnaissance satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1977.

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Kosmos 98

Kosmos 98 (Космос 98 meaning Cosmos 98) or Zenit-2 No.31 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kosmos 99

Kosmos 99 (Космос 99 meaning Cosmos 99) or Zenit-2 No.32 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 (Chosungul: 광명성 1호, Hanja: 光明星 1號, meaning Bright Star 1) was a satellite launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998.

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Lacrosse (satellite)

Lacrosse or Onyx is a series of terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

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Lawrence Edwards

Lawrence (Larry) K. Edwards (July 10, 1919 – April 4, 2009) was an American innovator in aerospace and ground transportation.

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Legenda (satellite system)

Legenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile.

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LGM-25C Titan II

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and space launcher developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile.

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List of Atlas launches (2000–2009)

Atlas *.

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List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 2003

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.

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List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes

is a Japanese animated television series, based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell.

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List of Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series) episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the Inspector Gadget television series.

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List of intelligence gathering disciplines

This is a list of intelligence gathering disciplines.

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List of megaprojects

This is a list of megaprojects.

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List of military inventions

A military invention is an invention that was first created by a military.

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List of munitions used by the Israeli Air Force

This List of Munitions of the Israeli Air Force lists the missiles, bombs and related equipment in use by the Israeli Air Force since its formation.

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List of orbits

The following is a list of types of orbits.

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List of Space Shuttle missions

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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List of Thor and Delta launches (2000–09)

Between 2000 and 2009, there were 72 Thor-derived rockets launched, of which 70 were successful, giving a 97.2% success rate.

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List of Thor and Delta launches (2010–19)

By October 2011, only the Delta IV remained in production.

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List of USA satellites

This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force.

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Lockheed A-12

The Lockheed A-12 was a reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson.

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force.

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Long March 2A

The Long March 2A, also known as the Chang Zheng 2A, CZ-2A and LM-2A, was a Chinese orbital carrier rocket.

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Long March 2D

The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with an altitude of or less, and with an orbital period of between about 84 and 127 minutes.

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LTV A-7 Corsair II

The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.

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M. Shahid Qureshi

Dr.

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Magnum (satellite)

Magnum was a class of SIGINT spy satellites reportedly operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

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MAINWAY

MAINWAY is a database maintained by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) containing metadata for hundreds of billions of telephone calls made through the four largest telephone carriers in the United States: AT&T, SBC, BellSouth (all three now called AT&T), and Verizon.

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Manned Orbiting Laboratory

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), originally referred to as the Manned Orbital Laboratory, was part of the United States Air Force's manned spaceflight program, a successor to the cancelled Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar military reconnaissance space plane project.

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Medium format (film)

Medium format has traditionally referred to a film format in still photography and the related cameras and equipment that use film.

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Mercury (satellite)

Mercury, also known as Advanced Vortex, was a series of three United States spy satellites launched in the 1990s.

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Michael Peri

Michael Peri (born 1967) was a Military Intelligence Electronic Warfare Signals Analyst for the United States Army during the Cold War, who was convicted of espionage in 1989 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Mid-air retrieval

Mid-air retrieval is a technique used in atmospheric reentry when the reentering vehicle is incapable of a satisfactory unassisted landing.

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Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll (also called Midway Island and Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Pihemanu Kauihelani) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at.

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Mikoyan MiG-29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

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Militarisation of space

The militarisation of space is the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space.

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Military aviation

Military aviation is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift (air cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front.

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Military equipment of Israel

The military equipment of Israel includes a wide array of arms, armored vehicles, artillery, missiles, planes, helicopters, and warships.

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Military history

Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing local and international relationships.

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Military intelligence

Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.

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Military satellite

A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose.

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Military technology

Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare.

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Missile Defense Alarm System

The Missile Defense Alarm System, or MIDAS, was an American system of 12 early-warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launches between 1960 and 1966.

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Misty (satellite)

Misty is reportedly the name of a classified project by the United States National Reconnaissance Office to operate stealthy reconnaissance satellites.

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MODOK

MODOK (also written as M.O.D.O.K.; an acronym for Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) is the name of different fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Moors murders

The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England.

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Multispectral image

A multispectral image is one that captures image data within specific wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum.

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National Committee for Space Research

The National Committee for Space Research (NCSR) was a committee established in 1960 by the Israeli Government in affiliation with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities to explorer the feasibility of space launches and satellites development, and to formulate the Israel Space Agency.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is both a combat support agency under the United States Department of Defense and an intelligence agency of the United States Intelligence Community, with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

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National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense.

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Naval Ocean Surveillance System

The Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) is a series of signals intelligence satellites that have conducted electronic signals intelligence for the U.S. Navy since the early 1970s.

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No Escape (1994 film)

No Escape, released in some countries as Escape from Absolom, is a 1994 American action/science fiction film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon and Ernie Hudson.

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NOTS-EV-2 Caleb

The NOTS-EV-2 Caleb, also known as NOTS-500, Hi-Hoe and SIP was an expendable launch system, which was later used as a sounding rocket and prototype anti-satellite weapon.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare (sometimes atomic warfare or thermonuclear warfare) is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on the enemy.

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October 1966

, The following events occurred in October 1966.

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Ofek-10

Ofek-10, also known as Ofeq 10, is part of the Ofeq family of reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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Ofek-11

Ofek-11, also known as Ofeq 11, is part of the Ofeq family of reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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Ofek-9

Ofek-9, also known as Ofeq 9, is part of the Ofeq family of reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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Ofeq

Ofeq, also spelled Offek or Ofek (אופק, lit. Horizon) is the designation of a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites first launched in 1988.

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Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations.

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Operation Ivory Coast

Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. Prisoners of War during the Vietnam War.

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Operation Scorch Sword

Operation Scorch Sword (عملیات شمشیر سوزان) was a surprise airstrike carried out by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) on 30 September 1980, that damaged an almost-complete nuclear reactor 17 km south-east of Baghdad, Iraq.

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OPS 3762

OPS 3762, also known as FTV-2355, was an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964.

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Orion (satellite)

Orion, also known as Mentor or Advanced Orion, is a class of United States spy satellites that collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) from space.

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Orlets-1

Orlets-1 or Don (GRAU index 17F12) is a Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellite.

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Otto Glasser

Otto John Glasser of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1918 – 1996) was an Air Force Lieutenant General (United States) and pioneering weapons scientist.

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Outer space

Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies.

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Outline of space technology

Space technology is technology developed by space science or the aerospace industry for use in spaceflight, satellites, or space exploration.

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Pan Am Flight 103 bombing investigation

The investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 began at 19:03 on December 21, 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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PerkinElmer

PerkinElmer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation focused in the business areas of human and environmental health, including: environmental analysis, food and consumer product safety, medical imaging, drug discovery, diagnostics, biotechnology, industrial applications, and life science research.

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Persona (satellite)

Persona is a class of Russian reconnaissance satellites, derived from the Resurs DK class of remote sensing satellite, in turn derived from the Soviet Yantar reconnaissance satellites.

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PGM-19 Jupiter

The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear tipped, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Phoenix Echo

Phoenix Echo was the codeword for a top secret plan, developed in the mid-1980s by a small office in the Pentagon, in conjunction with the National Security Agency (NSA), to electronically disrupt low-flying Soviet reconnaissance satellites.

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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) (pronounced perry) is a non-profit astronomical observatory located in the Pisgah National Forest near Balsam Grove, North Carolina.

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Pokhran-II

Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998.

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Polar orbit

A polar orbit is one in which a satellite passes above or nearly above both poles of the body being orbited (usually a planet such as the Earth, but possibly another body such as the Moon or Sun) on each revolution.

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Political status of Taiwan

The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, sometimes referred to as the Taiwan Issue or Taiwan Strait Issue, or from a Taiwanese perspective as the Mainland Issue, is a result of the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent split of China into the two present-day self-governing entities of the People's Republic of China (PRC; commonly known as China) and the Republic of China (ROC; commonly known as Taiwan).

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Project Gemini

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program.

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RATAN-600

The RATAN-600 (РАТАН-600 – радиоастрономический телескоп Академии наук - 600, an acronym for the "Academy of Sciences Radio Telescope - 600") is a radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Russia.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area.

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Reconnaissance aircraft

A reconnaissance aircraft is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance.

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Red Storm Rising

Red Storm Rising is a 1986 technothriller novel by Tom Clancy about a Third World War in Europe between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact forces, set around the mid-1980s.

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Regional Positioning and Timing System (Turkey)

The Regional Positioning and Timing System (Bölgesel Konumlama ve Zamanlama Sistemi), shortly BKZS, is a space-based project of the Turkish Armed Forces on global positioning and time transfer by satellite navigation system.

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Resurs-DK No.1

Resurs-DK No.1, often incorrectly translated as Resurs-DK1 is a commercial Earth observation satellite capable of transmitting high-resolution imagery (up to 0.9 m) to the ground stations as it passes overhead.

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Resurs-P

Resurs-P is a series of Russian commercial Earth observation satellites capable of acquiring high-resolution imagery (resolution up to 1.0 m).

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Revolution in Military Affairs

The military concept of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a military-theoretical hypothesis, about the future of warfare, often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for change in the militaries of the United States and other countries.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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RISAT

RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite) (Hindi: रडार इमेजिंग सेटेलाइट) is a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellites built by ISRO.

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RISAT-2

RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite 2 is an Indian radar reconnaissance satellite that is part of India's RISAT programme.

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RM-81 Agena

The RM-81 Agena was an American rocket upper stage and satellite bus which was developed by Lockheed initially for the canceled WS-117L reconnaissance satellite program.

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Rocket City Rednecks

Rocket City Rednecks is an American television show that focuses on engineering.

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Rodong-1

The Hwasong-7 (spelled Hwaseong-7 in South Korea), also known as Rodong-1 (Hangul: 로동 1호; Hanja: 蘆洞 1號) or Nodong-1 (Hangul: 노동 1호; Hanja: 蘆洞 1號), is a single-stage, mobile liquid propellant medium-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea.

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Russian Space Forces

The Russian Space Forces (Kosmicheskie Voyska Rossii) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia.

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Ryszard Kukliński

Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO.

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Salyut programme

The Salyut programme (Салю́т,, meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union.

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Samos (satellite)

The Samos E or SAMOS ("Satellite and Missile Observation System") program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United States in the early 1960s, also used as a cover for the initial development of the KH-7 Gambit system.

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Samos 2

Samos 2 was an American reconnaissance satellite launched in 1961 as part of the Samos program.

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Samos 3

Samos 3 was an American reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.

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Samos 4

Samos 4 was an American reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.

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Samos-F

SAMOS-F or Air Force Program 102 refers to a series of SIGINT reconnaissance satellites launched and operated by the United States Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office during the 1960s.

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SAR-Lupe

SAR-Lupe is Germany's first reconnaissance satellite system and is used for military purposes.

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Sariska Tiger Reserve

Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national park and tiger reserve located in the Alwar district of the state of Rajasthan, India.

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Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.

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Satellite Data System

The Satellite Data System (SDS) is a system of United States military communications satellites.

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Satellite imagery

Satellite imagery (or spaceborne photography) are images of Earth or other planets collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world.

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Saturn (rocket family)

The Saturn family of American rocket boosters was developed by a team of mostly German rocket scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond.

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Science and technology in China

Science and technology have developed rapidly in China during the 1990s to 2010s.

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Science and technology in Israel

Science and technology in Israel is one of the country's most developed sectors.

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Shadow of Fear

"Shadow of Fear" is the 18th episode of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

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Sikorsky MH-53

The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force.

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Silbervogel

Silbervogel, (German for "silver bird"), was a design for a liquid-propellant rocket-powered sub-orbital bomber produced by Eugen Sänger and Irene Bredt in the late 1930s for The Third Reich/Nazi Germany.

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Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments.

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Sina-1

Sina-1 (سینا ۱) is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

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Solo operations of Apollo 15

During the three days of exploration on the lunar surface by Scott and Irwin, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Al Worden had a busy schedule of observations.

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Soyuz-2

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the new version of the Russian Soyuz rocket.

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Soyuz-M

The Soyuz-M (Союз, meaning "Union"), GRAU index 11A511M was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia.

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Soyuz-U2

The Soyuz-U2 (GRAU index 11A511U2) was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket.

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Space debris

Space debris (also known as space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage) is a term for the mass of defunct, artificially created objects in space, most notably in Earth orbit, such as old satellites and spent rocket stages.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of evolving and growing space technology.

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Space policy

Space policy is the political decision-making process for, and application of, public policy of a state (or association of states) regarding spaceflight and uses of outer space, both for civilian (scientific and commercial) and military purposes.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.

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Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet.

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Space Shuttle design process

Even before the Project Apollo moon landing in 1969, NASA began studies of space shuttle designs as early as October 1968.

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Space telescope

A space telescope or space observatory is an instrument located in outer space to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects.

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Space warfare

Space warfare is combat that takes place in outer space.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (also written space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space.

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Spatial reconnaissance

Spatial reconnaissance, or "space reconnaissance", is the reconnaissance of any celestial bodies in space by use of spacecraft and satellite photography.

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Special Frontier Force

The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is a paramilitary special force of India created on 14 November 1962.

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Spy ship

A spy ship or reconnaissance vessel is a dedicated ship intended to gather intelligence, usually by means of sophisticated electronic eavesdropping.

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Stirling Colgate

Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (November 14, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics, past president at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from 1965–1974, and an heir to the Colgate toothpaste family fortune.

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Stockholm Programme

The Stockholm Programme is a five-year plan with guidelines for justice and home affairs of the member states of the European Union for the years 2010 through 2014.

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Strategic intelligence

Strategic intelligence (STRATINT) pertains both to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level and to qualities that equip leaders to be effective strategists.

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STS-36

STS-36 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (believed to have been a Misty reconnaissance satellite) into orbit.

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Submarine navigation

Submarine navigation underwater requires special skills and technologies not needed by surface ships.

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Submarine-launched ballistic missile

A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines.

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Suborbital spaceflight in 2008

A number of Suborbital spaceflights were conducted during 2008.

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Sun-synchronous orbit

A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO, also called a heliosynchronous orbit) is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.

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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or other changing information for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting people.

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TacSat-3

TacSat-3 was the third in a series of U.S. military reconnaissance satellites.

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TacSat-4

TacSat-4 is the fourth in a series of U.S. military experimental reconnaissance and communication satellites.

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TacSat-5

TacSat-5 is a planned fifth satellite in a series of U.S. military reconnaissance satellites.

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TecSAR

EL/M-2070 TecSAR, also known as TechSAR, Polaris and Ofek-8, is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta Systems.

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Telemetry

Telemetry is an automated communications process by which measurements and other data are collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring.

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Television Infrared Observation Satellite

TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960.

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The Big Bang Theory (season 4)

The fourth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory, began airing on CBS on September 23, 2010.

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The Cold War Museum

The Cold War Museum is a history museum in Warrenton, Virginia, focused on Cold War history.

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Thor (rocket family)

Thor was an American space launch vehicle derived from the PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile.

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Thor-Agena

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles.

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Thorad-Agena

The Thorad-Agena was an American expendable launch system, derived from the Thor and Delta rockets.

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Timeline of the Space Race

This is a timeline of first achievements in spaceflight from the first intercontinental ballistic missile through the first multinational human-crewed mission—spanning the era of the Space Race.

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Trumpet (disambiguation)

Trumpet or The Trumpet may refer to.

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Trumpet (satellite)

TRUMPET (also known as JEROBOAM), called Advanced Jumpseat by some observers, is reportedly a series of ELINT reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States during the 1990s to replace the Jumpseat satellites.

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TRW Inc.

TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting.

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375 was adopted on 11 September 2017.

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United States aerial reconnaissance of the Soviet Union

Between 1946 and 1960, the United States Air Force conducted aerial reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union in order to determine the size, composition, and disposition of Soviet forces.

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United States Intelligence Community

The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States.

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United States Naval Research Laboratory

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

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US signals intelligence in the Cold War

After the end of World War II, all the Western allies began a rapid drawdown of military forces, including those of signals intelligence.

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US-A

Upravlyaemy Sputnik Aktivnyy (Управляемый Спутник Активный for Controlled Active Satellite), or US-A, also known in the west as Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite or RORSAT, was a series of Soviet reconnaissance satellites.

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USA-193

USA-193, also known as NRO launch 21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), was a U.S. military reconnaissance satellite (radar imaging) launched on 14 December 2006.

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USA-215

USA-215, also known as NRO Launch 41 or NROL-41, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.

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USA-224

USA-224, also known as NRO Launch 49 (NRO L-49), is an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2011.

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USA-231

USA-231, or ORS-1 (Operationally Responsive Space-1) is an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2011 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia by a Minotaur I launch vehicle.

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USA-234

USA-234, also known as NRO Launch 25 or NROL-25, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.

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USA-245

USA-245 or NRO Launch 65 (NROL-65) is an American reconnaissance satellite which is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.

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USA-247

USA-247, also known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.

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USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)

SS Haiti Victory (T-AGM-238) was originally built and operated as Greenville class cargo Victory ship which operated as a cargo carrier in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

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Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6

Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6, pronounced "Slick Six") at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is a launch pad and support area.

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Vandenberg Air Force Base

Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base northwest of Lompoc, California.

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Vastrap

Vastrap (Stand firm) is a small military airfield situated in the Kalahari Desert north east of Upington inside a 700 square kilometre weapons test range of the same name belonging to the South African National Defence Force.

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Vavilov State Optical Institute

The Vavilov State Optical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia (named after Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov) is the largest research institute in optics in Russia.

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Vega (rocket)

Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata, meaning "Advanced generation European carrier rocket"), is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.

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Volga (rocket stage)

Volga, GRAU index 14S46, also designated 141KS, is a rocket upper stage designed in Russia.

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Vortex (satellite)

Vortex, previously known as Chalet, was a class of spy satellite operated by the United States during the 1980s and 1990s to collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) from high Earth orbit.

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Voskhod (rocket)

The Voskhod rocket (Восход, "ascent", "dawn") was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites.

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Vostok (rocket family)

Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme.

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Vostok-2 (rocket)

The Vostok-2 (Восток meaning "East"), GRAU index 8A92 was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1962 and 1967.

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Watchtower

A watchtower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world.

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William Kampiles

William Peter Kampiles, born on December 21, 1954, is a former Central Intelligence Agency employee during the Cold War.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games.

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Yantar (satellite)

Yantar (Янтарь meaning amber) is a series of Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft.

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Yantar-2K

Yantar-2K (Янтарь meaning amber) was a type of Soviet reconnaissance satellite which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft.

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Yantar-4K1

Yantar-4K1 (Янтарь meaning amber) was a type of Soviet reconnaissance satellite which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft.

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Yantar-4K2M

Yantar-4K2M (Янтарь meaning amber), also known as Kobalt-M, is a type of Russian reconnaissance satellite and is the current operational member of the Yantar series of satellites.

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Yaogan

Yaogan (sometimes written YaoGan) refers to a series of Chinese reconnaissance satellites launched in the early 21st century.

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Yulin Naval Base

Yulin Naval Base is a naval base for nuclear submarines along the southern coast of Hainan Island, China.

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Yuval Steinitz

Yuval Steinitz (יובל שטייניץ; born 10 April 1958) is Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, in charge of Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a member of the Security Cabinet.

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Zenit (satellite)

Zenit (Зени́т,, Zenith) was a series of military photoreconnaissance satellites launched by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1994.

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Zirconic

Zirconic is the name of a program for the development of stealth reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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Ziyuan (satellite)

Ziyuan or Zi Yuan (meaning resources) is a series of remote sensing satellites operated by the People's Republic of China.

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193 (number)

193 (one hundred ninety-three) is the natural number following 192 and preceding 194.

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1959 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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1969 in spaceflight

1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time.

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1974 in spaceflight

In 1974 Mariner 10 visited Mercury that saw a spacecraft that visited Mercury for the first and last time in the 20th century.

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1979 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.

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1988 in Israel

Events in the year 1988 in Israel.

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1990 in Israel

Events in the year 1990 in Israel.

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1993 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 1993 in spaceflight.

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1995 in Israel

Events in the year 1995 in Israel.

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1998 in Israel

Events in the year 1998 in Israel.

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2002 in Israel

Events in the year 2002 in Israel.

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2004 in Israel

Events in the year 2004 in Israel.

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2006 in the United States

Events from the year 2006 in the United States.

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2007 in Israel

Events in the year 2007 in Israel.

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2008 in Israel

Events in the year 2008 in Israel.

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2008 in the United States

Events from the year 2008 in the United States.

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2009 in India

Events in the year 2009 in the Republic of India.

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2009 in Japan

Events in the year 2009 in Japan.

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2010 in Israel

Events in the year 2010 in Israel.

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2012 National Reconnaissance Office space telescope donation to NASA

The 2012 National Reconnaissance Office space telescope donation to NASA was the declassification and donation to NASA of two identical space telescopes by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.

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2014 North Korean missile tests

The 2014 North Korean missile tests were a series of North Korean missile tests in 2014.

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2015 in spaceflight

In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

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2016 in spaceflight

Several new rockets and spaceports began operations in 2016.

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2017 in spaceflight

Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand.

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2018 in spaceflight

This article lists achieved and expected spaceflight events in 2018.

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2019 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2019.

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2020 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2020.

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222d Command and Control Squadron

The 222d Command and Control Squadron (222 CACS) is an Air National Guard command and control squadron located at Rome, New York and Chantilly, Virginia.

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6593d Test Squadron

The 6593d Test Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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6594th Test Group

The 6594th Test Group was a United States Air Force Unit stationed in Hawaii at Hickam Air Force Base from 1958 until it was inactivated in 1986.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance_satellite

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