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gptkbp:instanceOf
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reconnaissance satellite program
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gptkbp:codename
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gptkb:Discoverer
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gptkbp:declassificationDate
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February 1995
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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:filmCapsule
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Satellite Recovery Vehicle (SRV)
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gptkbp:filmRecoveryMethod
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mid-air retrieval
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gptkbp:firstSuccessfulLaunch
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gptkb:CORONA_14_(August_1960)
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gptkbp:genre
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70mm black-and-white
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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:launchVehicle
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gptkb:Thor-Agena
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gptkbp:locationOfProcessing
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Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New York
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gptkbp:notable_contract
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gptkb:Eastman_Kodak
gptkb:General_Electric
gptkb:Itek_Corporation
gptkb:Lockheed_Corporation
gptkb:Fairchild_Camera_and_Instrument
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first successful space-based reconnaissance
first use of satellite film recovery
mapping and intelligence during Cold War
provided over 800,000 images
helped update U.S. intelligence estimates of Soviet capabilities
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gptkbp:notableMission
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Discoverer 14 (first successful reconnaissance mission)
Discoverer 13 (first recovery of object from orbit)
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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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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:KH-1
gptkb:KH-2
gptkb:KH-3
gptkb:KH-4
gptkb:KH-4A
gptkb:KH-4B
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gptkbp:resolution
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up to 2 meters
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gptkbp:startDate
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1959
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gptkbp:status
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terminated
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:KH-7_Gambit
gptkb:KH-8_Gambit_3
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:CIA_Directorate_of_Science_and_Technology
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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