Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central...
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Aquacade may refer to: Billy Rose's Aquacade, aquatic show Rhyolite/Aquacade, US reconnaissance satellite program Aquacade (show) This disambiguation page...
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links. Earlier satellites with similar missions, the Rhyolite/Aquacade series, were built by TRW; it is not known who made the Orion satellites. USA-202 shows...
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other programs including Canyon (seven launches between 1968 and 1977), Aquacade and Orion (stated by US Government sources to be extremely large). There...
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Rhyolite Head, a headland in Antarctica Rhyolite Islands in Antarctica Aquacade (satellite) formerly known as Rhyolite This disambiguation page lists articles...
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signals from Earth. The Magnum/Orion satellites replaced the older Rhyolite/Aquacade series of SIGINT satellites, and have themselves been succeeded by...
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by Chalet/Vortex, whose maiden voyage took place in June 1978. Rhyolite/Aquacade - Another SIGINT platform operated for the Central Intelligence Agency...
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(1978–1989) and Mercury (1994–1998) – SIGINT including COMINT Rhyolite/Aquacade (1970–1978), Magnum/Orion (1985–1990), and Mentor (1995–2010) – SIGINT...
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to admit to using satellites for SIGINT and MASINT in 1996. US SIGINT satellites have included the CANYON series Rhyolite/Aquacade series, succeeded by...
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reportedly able to intercept Soviet microwave traffic using satellites such as Rhyolite/Aquacade. Much of the beam of a microwave link passes the receiving...
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