Cold War History - Corona Spy Satellite Program of US Air Force & CIA Space NASA

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Cold War History - Corona Spy Satellite Program of US Air Force & CIA Space NASA Intelligence Revolution 1960: Retrieving the Corona Imagery That Helped Win the Cold War — Edited by Ingard Clausen, Edward A. Miller, Robert A. McDonald, and Courtney V. Homer An illustrated, firsthand history of CORONA, the pioneering American spy-satellite program that transformed intelligence gathering during the Cold War. Published in the National Reconnaissance Office’s “In the Words of Those Who Served” series, this volume brings together recollections from more than fifty contributors involved in the engineering, operation, recovery, and analysis of satellite reconnaissance imagery. Developed jointly by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. Air Force, CORONA used orbiting cameras to photograph the Soviet Union and other restricted territories. Exposed film was returned to Earth in capsules that descended by parachute and were intercepted in midair by specially equipped aircraft over the Pacific near Hawaii. The photographs were processed by Kodak and U.S. Air Force facilities and analyzed by the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center. CORONA’s first successful mission took place on August 18, 1960. The book explores the Thor booster, Agena spacecraft, KH-series cameras, satellite recovery vehicles, and the Discoverer cover program. Contributors recount the difficulties of launching satellites, stabilizing and returning capsules, retrieving them by aircraft, and interpr

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