Eye in the Sky The Story of the CORONA Spy

Presenting the full story of the CORONA spy satellites' origins,Eye in the Skyexplores the Cold War technology and far-reaching effects of the satellites on foreign policy and national security. Arguing that satellite reconnaissance was key to shaping the course of the Cold War, the book documents breakthroughs in intelligence gathering and achievements in space technology that rival the landing on the moon.

DWAYNE DAY is senior program officer for the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. He is also a prolific and acclaimed space historian who served on a board investigating the space shuttle Columbia tragedy.

Acknowledgments

ix

Abbreviations

xiii

Introduction

1

(20)

Dwayne A. Day

John M. Logsdon

Brian Latell

PART ONE. THE CORONA STORY

Strategic Intelligence and U.S. Security: The Contributions of CORONA

21

(8)

Ernest R. May

Corona: A Triumph of American Technology

29

(19)

Albert D. Wheelon

The Development and Improvement of the CORONA Satellite

48

(38)

Dwayne A. Day

Postwar Strategic Reconnaissance and the Genesis of CORONA

86

(33)

R. Cargill Hall

A Strategy for Reconnaissance: Dwight D. Eisenhower and Freedom of Space

119

(24)

Dwayne A. Day

The National Reconnaissance Office: Its Origins, Creation, and Early Years

143

(14)

Gerald Haines

Zenit: The Soviet Response to CORONA

157

(16)

Peter A. Gorin

PART TWO. VOICES OF THE CORONA PIONEERS

CORONA and the U.S. Presidents

173

(8)

The Origin and Evolution of the CORONA System

181

(19)

CORONA and the Revolution in Mapmaking

200

(15)

Exploiting CORONA Imagery: The Impact on Intelligence

215

(16)

Appendix A. Program Overview and Camera Data

231

(4)

Appendix B. Launch Listings

235

(12)

Jonathan McDowell

Notes

247

(42)

Contributors

289

(2)

Index

291

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Eye in the Sky The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites

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