Eye in the Sky : The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites

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