NRO Satellites

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    HEXAGON KH-9 reconnaissance satellites were the largest and last US intelligence satellites to return photographic film to earth. HEXAGON provided vital intelligence and mapping photos from space that allowed US planners to counter Cold War threats. Between 1971 and 1986, 19 HEXAGON missions imaged 877 million square miles of the earth's surface.

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