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gptkbp:instanceOf
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reconnaissance satellite program
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gptkbp:class
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Top Secret (until 1995)
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gptkbp:codename
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gptkb:Discoverer
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gptkbp:countryOfOperation
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gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
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gptkbp:declassified
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1995
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gptkbp:endDate
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1972
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gptkbp:filmRecoveryMethod
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mid-air retrieval
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gptkbp:firstSuccessfulLaunch
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CORONA 14 (August 18, 1960)
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:U.S._government
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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CORONA satellite program
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gptkbp:imagingResolution
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7.5 meters (best)
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gptkbp:launchVehicle
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gptkb:Thor-Agena_rocket
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gptkbp:notable_contract
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gptkb:Douglas_Aircraft_Company
gptkb:Eastman_Kodak
gptkb:General_Electric
gptkb:Itek_Corporation
gptkb:Lockheed_Corporation
gptkb:Agena_upper_stage
gptkb:Fairchild_Camera_and_Instrument
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gptkbp:notableAchievement
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helped verify arms control agreements
mapped much of the world
over 800,000 images collected
provided intelligence on Chinese nuclear program
provided intelligence on Soviet missile sites
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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first mid-air recovery of film from orbit
first use of satellite imagery for intelligence
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first successful space-based reconnaissance
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Richard_M._Bissell_Jr.
gptkb:Edwin_H._Land
James Q. Reber
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gptkbp:numberOfLaunches
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102
145
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
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gptkbp:purpose
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photographic reconnaissance
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:National_Reconnaissance_Office
gptkb:KH-1_satellite
gptkb:KH-2_satellite
gptkb:KH-3_satellite
gptkb:KH-4_satellite
gptkb:KH-4A_satellite
KH-4B satellite
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gptkbp:startDate
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1959
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gptkbp:status
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retired
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:KH-7_GAMBIT
gptkb:KH-8_GAMBIT
gptkb:KH-9_HEXAGON
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:China
gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:technology
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film-return satellite
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Itek_Corporation
gptkb:Itek
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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