Late 1950s: CIA & @usairforce program #CORONA began. Cloaked in secrecy, it was known to public as DISCOVERER, a scientific research program
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#CORONAgoals: launch large camera into orbit photo specific points & areas of earth parachute film capsules to earth snag capsule in midair -
#CORONA’s rocky start: first 13 missions failed because of unusable imagery, unsuccessful launches, malfunctions, missed recoveries & more. -
18 August 1960: all systems on CORONA Mission XIV operated successfully! CC
@NatReconOfc#HISTINTpic.twitter.com/1Fcdhjwe7M
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#CORONA returned more photographic coverage of Soviet Union in 1 mission than in all previous U-2 missions combined.pic.twitter.com/LDlCUAW3Sm
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In several months, CIA photointerpreters helped dispel the missile gap http://1.usa.gov/1MuCOTd pic.twitter.com/kak62oUPSf
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Quantity, quality, & reliability of imagery from
#CORONA & its successors made them the most important sources of intel on Soviet forces. -
#CORONA provided answers to pressing intel questions & profoundly altered course of Cold War; its 145th & final mission took place May 1972. - 1 more reply
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@CIA typisch#merkel#Bundestag xDThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA "US satellite (((caught))) D shoot down of MH-17 by Ukraine BURK anti-aircraft missile crew, why not admit D truth!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA Please tell us if there really are aliens.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA good morning! Englishは難しい。単語はわかっても文章がわからない。Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye coronaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA ... Nope, I don't trust ask that re-directing and re-logging in with password and all. I have intel, pics, I communicate. All very goodThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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