Samos (satellite)
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The SAMOS or SAMOS-E program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United States in the early 1960s, also used as a cover for the initial development of the KH-7 GAM
An artist impression of SAMOS photoreconnaissance missions.
U.S. reconnaissance satellites: SAMOS at the top left and CORONA at the bottom left.
Atlas LV-3 Agena-A with SAMOS 1
Atlas LV-3 Agena-A with SAMOS 2
CORONA (satellite)
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The CORONA program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science and Technology with substantial assistan
Samos (satellite)
…inflation adjusted US$ 0.89 billion in 2024) and US$163.9 million in FY1960 (inflation adjusted US$ 1.74 billion in 2024). During this period, the rival CORONA program, which saw its first launch in February 1959, began operation. SAMOS emerged as a more advanced satellite with additional capabilities that due…
The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series)
A KH-4B CORONA satellite
Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle
CORONA image of The Pentagon, 25 September 1967