Lemons to bitter lemonade: from the Samos E-5 to the LANYARD reconnaissance satellite (part 2)

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A cancelled spysat program in the early 1960s got a second life as an NRO program called LANYARD. Dwayne Day recounts the various problems LANYARD encountered, including technical issues, launch failures, and competition from other programs.