Talk:KH-12

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Launch failed

One of the first KH-12 launches failed and blew-up on the pad at Vandenberg AFB, on April 18, 1986; announced on evening news. Note from personal files. LanceBarber 19:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I took it out because that launch failure is listed on the page for KH-9. Can document that it really was something more sophisticated than the KH-11s that were standard at the time? Whosasking 20:07, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't understand... took what out of where? LanceBarber 20:57, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In this revision I removed the mention of the April 1986 launch failure (and its reference, this database, which lists the launch failure as a KH-9), from the KH-12 article and added a similarly brief mention of USA-144, launched in 1999. I am of the opinion that information about the 1986 explosion (if we have anything more to say about it) should go on the page on KH-9. Do you disagree? Whosasking 21:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, understand now, thanks. LanceBarber 13:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

conflict with KH-13 page

This page contradicts the KH-13 page. Were USA-161 and USA-182 KH-12s or KH-13s? Also, I find it odd that neither page even contains the word "Keyhole" ... That's what everybody knows the satellites as, and isn't that what KH stands for?

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Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 15:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]