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
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