美两款锁眼卫星本周解密（KH-7和KH-9）

<br /><br />美国家侦察办公室（NRO）将在9月17日在一家博物馆（Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Museum，在华盛顿杜勒斯机场附近）展出KH-7 Gambit和KH-9 Hexagon的大规模成像系统，并公开一些信息（据悉这是NRO参展本次展览的五件展品中的两件，另外三件中或许还会有惊喜）。有兴趣的话不妨去看看。

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1927/1

Flashlights in the dark
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, September 12, 2011

Later this week the National Reconnaissance Office is going to reveal information on two of its Cold War era satellite programs, HEXAGON and GAMBIT, and publicly unveil hardware that has been classified for decades. GAMBIT was started in 1960, with a first launch in 1963. HEXAGON started in 1966, with a first launch in 1971. Both programs operated until the mid-1980s. Both used cameras that recorded their images on film that was parachuted to Earth. Both were highly successful. And both represented the pinnacle of American Cold War intelligence collection technology, unmatched in capabilities by any other nation.

According to several sources, the NRO plans to display several declassified objects on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Museum for a short period of time, possibly only on September 17. One of these objects is the massive camera system from the KH-9 HEXAGON. Another is the camera system from the KH-7 GAMBIT. Several other objects may be displayed as well. After a very brief appearance at the museum, the objects are going to be hauled away for display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton. It is not clear if they will return to the Udvar-Hazy Museum, which is busy preparing for the exchange of the Enterprise with the space shuttle Discovery next year. Although the Air Force played a vital role in these programs, the Dayton museum is not as easy to reach as the Udvar-Hazy Museum, which is also located only a few kilometers from the NRO’s headquarters.<br /><br />美国家侦察办公室（NRO）将在9月17日在一家博物馆（Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Museum，在华盛顿杜勒斯机场附近）展出KH-7 Gambit和KH-9 Hexagon的大规模成像系统，并公开一些信息（据悉这是NRO参展本次展览的五件展品中的两件，另外三件中或许还会有惊喜）。有兴趣的话不妨去看看。

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1927/1

Flashlights in the dark
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, September 12, 2011

Later this week the National Reconnaissance Office is going to reveal information on two of its Cold War era satellite programs, HEXAGON and GAMBIT, and publicly unveil hardware that has been classified for decades. GAMBIT was started in 1960, with a first launch in 1963. HEXAGON started in 1966, with a first launch in 1971. Both programs operated until the mid-1980s. Both used cameras that recorded their images on film that was parachuted to Earth. Both were highly successful. And both represented the pinnacle of American Cold War intelligence collection technology, unmatched in capabilities by any other nation.

According to several sources, the NRO plans to display several declassified objects on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Museum for a short period of time, possibly only on September 17. One of these objects is the massive camera system from the KH-9 HEXAGON. Another is the camera system from the KH-7 GAMBIT. Several other objects may be displayed as well. After a very brief appearance at the museum, the objects are going to be hauled away for display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton. It is not clear if they will return to the Udvar-Hazy Museum, which is busy preparing for the exchange of the Enterprise with the space shuttle Discovery next year. Although the Air Force played a vital role in these programs, the Dayton museum is not as easy to reach as the Udvar-Hazy Museum, which is also located only a few kilometers from the NRO’s headquarters.