Editing Enhanced Imaging System (section)

==History==
In 1995, a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' article reported that the '''8X''' program was intended as "a major upgrade to the KH-12", with a mass of as much as 20 [[short ton|tons]], which would be used for detailed imaging with a wide field of view. The cost of the program was a subject of disagreement from some within the military at the time.<ref name="LA_Times_Risen_Vartabedian">{{Cite news|last1=Risen|first1=James|last2=Vartabedian|first2=Ralph|title=U.S. Launches Costly Overhaul of Spy Satellites|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1995-09-28|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21380120.html?dids=21380120:21380120&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+28%2C+1995&author=JAMES+RISEN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=U.S.+Launches+Costly+Overhaul+of+Spy+Satellites|access-date=2017-07-06|archive-date=2012-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925025543/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21380120.html?dids=21380120:21380120&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+28,+1995&author=JAMES+RISEN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=U.S.+Launches+Costly+Overhaul+of+Spy+Satellites|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="web_post_8x">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/imint/at_951007.htm|title=8X: The monster that ate the budget|author=Allen Thomson|date=1995-10-07}}</ref> By 1998, the program had been renamed Enhanced Imaging System.<ref name="EIS"/> The [[Future Imagery Architecture]] program, which was intended to replace the [[Lacrosse (satellite)|Lacrosse]] and Improved Crystal satellites, was developed alongside EIS.<ref name="EIS"/>