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BYEMAN codenamed LANYARD, the KH-6 was the unsuccessful first attempt to develop and deploy a very high-resolution optical reconnaissance satellite by the United States National Reconnaissance Office. Launches and launch attempts spanned the period from March to July 1963. The project was quickly put together to get imagery of a site near Leningrad suspected of having anti-ballistic missiles.

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    commonsimageU.S. RecSat Big Picture Commons
    commonsimageKH-6 LANYARD diagram Commons
    commonsimageKH-6 LANYARD Commons