High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The KH-11 KENNAN (KENNEN according to other sources), renamed CRYSTAL in 1982 and also referenced by the codenames 1010, and "Key Hole"), is a type of reconnaissance satellite launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office since December 1976. Manufactured by Lockheed in Sunnyvale, California, the KH-11 was the first American spy satellite to utilize electro-optical digital imaging, and create a real-time optical observation capability.