Keyhole reconnaissance satellites

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Corona_satellites KH satellites
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Keyhole
gptkbp:developedBy	gptkb:Eastman_Kodak gptkb:Lockheed_Corporation gptkb:Itek gptkb:Perkin-Elmer
gptkbp:filmRecovery	mid-air retrieval film canister ejection
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Keyhole reconnaissance satellites
gptkbp:launchDate	1959 present
gptkbp:launchSite	gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:notableFor	helped verify arms control agreements declassified in 1995 (Corona) first US photo reconnaissance satellites provided intelligence on Soviet Union used for mapping and surveillance
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency gptkb:National_Reconnaissance_Office gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:partOfSeries	gptkb:KH-1 gptkb:KH-2 gptkb:KH-3 gptkb:KH-4 gptkb:KH-4A gptkb:KH-4B gptkb:KH-5_Argon gptkb:KH-7_Gambit gptkb:KH-8_Gambit_3 gptkb:KH-9_Hexagon gptkb:KH-11_Kennan gptkb:KH-6_Lanyard KH-12
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:CORONA_program
gptkbp:status	operational (KH-11 and successors) retired (most models)
gptkbp:successor	KH-11
gptkbp:technology	optical imaging electro-optical imaging (later models) film-based cameras
gptkbp:usedDuring	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:intelligence_gathering photographic reconnaissance
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Keyhole_EarthViewer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7