Live, it's the Big Bird! The HEXAGON satellite and near-real-time reconnaissance

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 03 Nov 2025, 11:58 UTC

In 1970, one company proposed to modify the HEXAGON reconnaissance satellite to include the ability perform near-real-time reconnaissance. Dwayne Day discusses that proposal that led, a decade later, to including such a capability on those satellites.

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• T2Live, it's the Big Bird! The HEXAGON satellite and near-real-time reconnaissanceSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review03 Nov 2025, 11:58