Re: NRO Launch from Vandenberg


Message posted by Peter Merlin on August 30, 2013 at 21:11:49 PST:

There was a family of KH-11-type spacecraft. Analysts have used speculative terminology (such as KH-12) for improved models, but they are basically similar. There were plans for a replacement but, as I mentioned in my earlier post, it was cancelled due to delays and cost overruns. Therefore, the NRO put some old hardware to good use.

Think of it as being similar to when the SR-71 was retired, and then reactivated several years later.


In Reply to: Re: NRO Launch from Vandenberg posted by Brian L on August 30, 2013 at 10:57:53 PST:

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