Editing Enhanced Imaging System (section)

{{Short description|American reconnaissance satellite program}}
'''Enhanced Imaging System''' ('''EIS'''), officially referred to as "Enhanced Imagery System",<ref>{{cite web | title=INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000: National Imagery and Mapping Agency (House Report 106-130)|date=7 May 1999 |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office| url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-106hrpt130/html/CRPT-106hrpt130-pt1.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=National Intelligence Program FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification: Volume IV |date=May 2009 |publisher= National Reconnaissance Program|page = 21| url=http://www.fas.org/irp/nro/fy2010cbjb.pdf }}</ref> previously known as '''8X''', and sometimes unofficially known as '''Misty 2''' and '''KH-13''',<ref>{{cite book |author=[[David Darling (astronomer)|David Darling]] and [[David J. Darling]] |title=The complete book of spaceflight |year=2003 |publisher=[[John Wiley and Sons]] |quote=Several launches with Key Hole designations, including KH-11, KH-12, and KH-13, have taken place since 1992. ... The ninth and final KH-11 satellite was launched in 1998, after which the KH-12 program, involving satellites about the ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt7ow1Af86YC&q=%22KH-13%22%20satellite&pg=PA221 |isbn=0-471-05649-9 }}</ref> is an American [[reconnaissance satellite]] program. A derivative of the [[KH-12|Improved Crystal]] satellites,<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Tae-Woo Lee]] |title=Military Technologies of the World |year=2008 |publisher=Abc-Clio |quote=The advancement in the KH-series resulted in the KH-13, for which little information is yet available. ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-nrZqzQs3jMC&q=%22KH-13%22%20satellite&pg=PA146 |isbn=978-0-275-99537-9 }}</ref> EIS replaced [[Misty (classified project)|Misty]], and was intended to provide more coverage and dwell time than previous reconnaissance satellites;<ref name="EIS">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/imint/eist-iv.htm|title=8X lives on as the Enhanced Imaging System|first=Allen|last=Thomson|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|date=8 May 1998|access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref> like Misty, it has [[stealth technology|stealth]] capabilities.<ref name="SSS">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Allen|title=A Stealth Satellite Sourcebook|url=http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/track/stealth.pdf|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref> Only one EIS satellite has been launched; [[USA-144]], which was placed into orbit by a [[Titan IV|Titan IVB]] rocket on 22 May 1999.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Wade|first=Mark|title=Improved Crystal|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/impystal.htm|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=18 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118031853/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/impystal.htm|archive-date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Wade|first=Mark|title=Misty|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/misty.htm|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=18 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129035529/http://astronautix.com/craft/misty.htm|archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>