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Other Designations: Kennan. Article Number: 5500. Code Name: Crystal. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Destination: Surveillance Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Manufacturer: Lockheed. Also known as Kennan, Program 1010. Used systems developed for KH-10 Manned Orbiting Laboratory. First electro-optical digital transmission imaging reconnaissance satellite. Ground resolution 0.15 m with a 2.3 m diameter mirror. Believed to be similar to Hubble Space Telescope (they used same shipping container and specially-modified aircraft). Data transmitted via SDS military relay satellites.
Typical orbit: 227 x 659 km, 97.2 deg inclinaton. Length: 19.50 m (63.90 ft). Maximum Diameter: 3.00 m (9.80 ft). Mass: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb).
KH-11 Chronology - 1976 December 19 - KH-11 no. 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Perigee: 246 km (152 mi). Apogee: 531 km (329 mi). Inclination: 96.90 deg. Period: 92.30 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1978 June 14 - KH-11 no. 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,000 kg (28,000 lb). Perigee: 223 km (138 mi). Apogee: 509 km (316 mi). Inclination: 97.00 deg. Period: 91.90 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1980 February 7 - KH-11 no. 3 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Perigee: 220 km (130 mi). Apogee: 498 km (309 mi). Inclination: 97.00 deg. Period: 91.70 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1981 September 3 - KH-11 no. 4 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Perigee: 244 km (151 mi). Apogee: 526 km (326 mi). Inclination: 97.00 deg. Period: 92.30 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- 1982 November 17 - KH-11 no. 5 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Perigee: 280 km (170 mi). Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). Inclination: 97.00 deg. Period: 92.60 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- 1984 December 4 - USA 6 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,000 kg (28,000 lb). Perigee: 300 km (180 mi). Apogee: 650 km (400 mi). Inclination: 97.10 deg. Period: 93.50 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- 1985 August 28 - KH-11 no. 7 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. FAILURE: Stage 1 propellant feed system failure forced premature engine shutdown. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb).
KH-11 type satellite.
- 1987 October 26 - USA 27 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Perigee: 153 km (95 mi). Apogee: 1,029 km (639 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 96.50 min.
KH-11 type satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- 1988 November 6 - USA 33 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb). Perigee: 156 km (96 mi). Apogee: 1,012 km (628 mi). Inclination: 97.90 deg. Period: 96.40 min.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Web Address when accessed: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
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