This Day in Aviation History
August 18th 1960
Discoverer 14 spy satellite, part of the Corona program is launched. It is recovered by a C-119 Flying Boxcar on August 20th.
 
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….
 
Source:
Wikipedia: Corona (satellite): http://gstv.us/1hjKfRK
 
YouTube, 1960: Discoverer 14 (USA): http://gstv.us/1hjKfBt
 
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