Codenamed Corona, 60 years ago this reconnaissance satellite program achieved a major success when it successfully captured its first image of Earth from space #OTD in 1960. #HistoricalInnovation
Corona was a joint @CIA and @usairforce program known publicly as Discoverer. More than 800,000 images were captured by the Corona program from 1960 to 1972. #HistoricalInnovation
This Cold War era satellite program helped @DeptofDefense and the intelligence community assess the strength of the Soviet Union’s military power. Here’s one of the many Corona photos declassified in 1995. #HistoricalInnovation
How did the satellite images make it back to earth? @usairforce “star catchers” would grab the film capsules mid-air. Check out this video from @NatReconOfc detailing the journey of Corona film buckets » #HistoricalInnovation
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