![Image of : KH-4 (Corona) Reconnaissance Satellite Program, History. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A10641.jpg "KH-4 (Corona) Reconnaissance Satellite Program, History. [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
KH-4 CORONA reconnaissance satellite photograph of the Lop Nur Nuclear Test Base in Xinjiang, China. The photograph was made on October 20, 1964, four days after China conducted its first nuclear test. 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
Restrictions & Rights
Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm
photographer
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Date
10/20/1964
Place
Xinjiang, China
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A10641
