#Satellite

Concepts (2)

• KH-11 KH-11 KENNAN was the first U.S. reconnaissance satellite capable of real-time electro-optical imaging, launched December 19, 1976, and compromised when its technical manual was leaked to the Soviets via Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
• VELA Satellite VELA was a U.S. nuclear detection satellite program whose September 22, 1979 detection of two bright flashes over the South Indian Ocean produced the 'Vela Incident,' widely believed to be an Israeli-South African nuclear test that the U.S. government never officially confirmed.