{"id":16778,"date":"2019-03-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/?astx_entry=kh-11"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:43:42","slug":"kh-11","status":"publish","type":"astx_entry","link":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/k\/kh-11.html","title":{"rendered":"KH-11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>American military surveillance satellite. Also known as Kennan, Program 1010. Used systems developed for KH-10 Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Reconnaissance, electro-optical satellite built by Lockheed =&gt; Lockheed Martin for NRO, USA. Launched 1976 - 2013. Used Bus-1.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American military surveillance satellite. Also known as Kennan, Program 1010. Used systems developed for KH-10 Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Reconnaissance, electro-optical satellite built by Lockheed => Lockheed Martin for NRO, USA. Launched 1976 - 2013. Used Bus-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"bs_cache_bypass_cache":0},"astx_kind":[8],"astx_nation":[5],"astx_family":[174,95,133],"class_list":["post-16778","astx_entry","type-astx_entry","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_entry\/16778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_entry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/astx_entry"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"astx_kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_kind?post=16778"},{"taxonomy":"astx_nation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_nation?post=16778"},{"taxonomy":"astx_family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_family?post=16778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}