He worked on projects including the Corona, the first spy satellite. The Corona spy satellite project was accelerated. The satellite has components from two long-standing Soviet spy satellite families. It presently holds the record for being the largest spy satellite ever launched. It is Spain's first spy satellite. The Zephyr computer system monitors the progress of the United Kingdom's only spy satellite. In 2008, India's ISRO launched Israel's most technologically advanced spy satellite TecSAR. Noun compounds are written together (for example, the German word for "spy satellite" is ""Spionagesatellit""). It also tracked the spy satellite USA-193 before it was shot down. In 2009, India reportedly developed a high-tech spy satellite RISAT-2 with significant assistance from Israel. USA-193 was a US spy satellite which had failed immediately after launch in 2006. On 23 February 2008, the United States successfully shot down a malfunctioning American spy satellite.