KH-4 (Corona) Reconnaissance Satellite Program, History. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

KH-4 CORONA reconnaissance satellite photograph of a Soviet solid rocket motor production plant near Biysk, Russia, c.1968. Poster made for a 1995 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) conference or press event commemorating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the first successful CORONA mission.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Cold War, 1945-1989
  • Reconnaissance
  • Space surveillance
  • Aerial photography

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Date

Circa 1968

Place

Russia

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-9A10640

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