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Canyon 6

Typ
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).