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CORONA #1 First Launch
1959
NSAM 156 Committee
NASA Apollo
Program
"Years of Acrimony" Fubini
DOD MOL
1962
1962
1962
CORONA used for US mapping
1963
1965
1965
1967
Skylab
1969
CORONA #145 Last Catch
1971
1972
1973
1973
DMA created the Federal Mapping Task Force
1975
CORONA operated from Aug 1960 - May 1972
  • Feb 1958 - Eisenhower endorsed the CORONA program
  • 28 Feb 1959 - #1 CORONA test launch attempt
  • 12 Aug 1960 - #13 First successful recovery from space
  • 18 Aug 1960 - #14 First image from space
  • 25 May 1972 - #145 Last CORONA launched
  • 31 May 1972 - Last images of the series taken
  • 24 Feb 1995 - Executive Order to declassify CORONA
  • 24 May 1995 - Ceremonies at CIA and NAS Musem
"Deep Black"
by W. Burrows
1986
CORONA Declassified
1995
Clarke NSF Research
1998
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