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The Corona Project

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  • Birth of the Project

    Birth of the Project
    purpose of CORONA was to provide broad imagery coverage of the USSR to identify missile launch sites and production facilities.

  • Eisenhower endorses project

    Eisenhower endorses project

  • 1st Test - Failure

    Was a failure

  • Discoverer 1 was launched

    Discoverer 1 was launched

  • Discoverer ll goes into orbit and ejects a test capsule, but still a failure

    Discoverer ll goes into orbit and ejects a test capsule, but still a failure

  • Discoverer lll, carrying four mice, crashes in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff.

    Discoverer lll, carrying four mice, crashes in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff.

  • The first successful recovery of film from space

    The first successful recovery of film from space

  • last launch under the Discoverer cover name was Discoverer 38

  • Soviet Long-Range Aviation Airfield

    Soviet Long-Range Aviation Airfield

  • Lop Nur nuclear test site in northwestern China

    Lop Nur nuclear test site in northwestern China

  • Corona image of The Pentagon

    Corona image of The Pentagon

  • Best imagery to date on any KH-4 systems

  • Project Declassified

    Project Declassified

  • Mapping extent of changes in land

    Mapping extent of changes in land

  • Harvard uses photos to research prehistoric routes in Mesopotamia

    Harvard uses photos to research prehistoric routes in Mesopotamia