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Corona (satellite)
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Corona (satellite)
The
Corona
program was a series of
American
strategic
reconnaissance satellites
produced and operated by the
Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology
with substantial assistance from the
U.S. Air Force
. The Corona satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the
Soviet Union
(USSR), the
People's Republic of China
, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972. The name of this program is sometimes seen as "CORONA", but its actual name "Corona" was a
codeword
, not an
acronym
.
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