Lemons to bitter lemonade: from the Samos E-5 to the LANYARD reconnaissance satellite (part 1)

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When the NRO decided to cancel a classified satellite reconnaissance program in the early 1960s, engineers with the company that designed its camera sought to salvage that work. Dwayne Day examines how that led to an alternative satellite program called LANYARD.

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• T2Lemons to bitter lemonade: from the Samos E-5 to the LANYARD reconnaissance satellite (part 1)SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review03 Aug, 12:00