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Synopsis Hexagon (KH-9), Mapping Camera Program and Evolution, April 2012 by :
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: Maurice G. Burnett |
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: 386 |
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: 2012 |
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: UCSD:31822038365318 |
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Synopsis Hexagon (KH-9) Mapping Camera Program and Evolution by : Maurice G. Burnett
The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon programs to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from east European and Asian communist countries. The inability to gain insight into vast "denied areas" required exceptional systems to understand threats posed by US adversaries. Corona was the first imagery satellite system to help see into those areas. Hexagon began as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program with the first concepts proposed in 1964. The CIA's primary goal was to develop an imagery system with Corona-like ability to image wide swaths of the earth, but with resolution equivalent to Gambit. Such a system would afford the United States even greater advantages monitoring the arms race that had developed with the nation's adversaries. The Hexagon mapping camera flew on 12 of the 20 Hexagon missions. It proved to be a remarkably efficient and prodigious producer of imagery for mapping purposes. The mapping camera system was successful by every standard including technical capabilities, reliability, and capacity.
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: Peter Swan |
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: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
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: 2015-05-25 |
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: 9781329164789 |
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: 1329164784 |
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: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Birth of Air Force Satellite Reconnaissance: Facts, Recollections and Reflections by : Peter Swan
This history of SAFSP is dedicated to all those men and women who fought the Cold War, in silence - from above. No organization is better at gathering overhead intelligence than the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Today's NRO grew out of 3 organizations: AF, CIA, and Navy. The AF office for satellite reconnaissance was called the Secretary of Air Force's Office of Special Projects [SAFSP]. This monograph describes the birth of Air Force satellite reconnaissance. When SAFSP was created in response to Presidential recognition of a national imperative, 4 tenets captured the sense of urgency: direct access to national leadership, covert management/operations, highest national priority, and rapid procurement. In addition, 3 management principles led to SAFSP's success over 30+ years of providing reconnaissance intelligence: strong dedication to mission, empowerment at all levels, and reporting by exception.
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: Frederic C. E. Oder |
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: Study of National Reconnaissance |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
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: 2012 |
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: UCSD:31822038364071 |
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: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hexagon Story by : Frederic C. E. Oder
The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon programs to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from east European and Asian communist countries. The inability to gain insight into vast "denied areas" required exceptional systems to understand threats posed by US adversaries. Corona was the first imagery satellite system to help see into those areas. Hexagon began as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program with the first concepts proposed in 1964. The CIA's primary goal was to develop an imagery system with Corona-like ability to image wide swaths of the earth, but with resolution equivalent to Gambit. Such a system would afford the United States even greater advantages monitoring the arms race that had developed with the nation's adversaries. The system that became Hexagon faced three major challenges. The first was development of the technology, which was eventually overcome by the Itek and Perkin-Elmer Corporations. The second was bureaucratic, deciding how the CIA and Air Force would cooperate in building such a system because they each had strengths and weaknesses in the development of national reconnaissance systems. The third challenge was to secure the resources that were required to build the most complicated and largest reconnaissance satellites at the time. By 1971, the NRO overcame the challenges to successfully launch the Hexagon satellite and fulfill, or even exceed, expectations for unparalleled insight into capabilities of US adversaries.
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: William S. Hanson |
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: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 355 |
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: 2012-11-12 |
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: 9781461445050 |
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: 1461445051 |
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: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives by : William S. Hanson
Historical archives of vertical photographs and satellite images acquired for other purposes (mainly declassified military reconnaissance) offer considerable potential for archaeological and historical landscape research. They provide a unique insight into the character of the landscape as it was over half a century ago, before the destructive impact of later 20th century development and intensive land use. They provide a high quality photographic record not merely of the landscape at that time, but offer the prospect of the better survival of remains reflecting its earlier history, whether manifest as earthworks, cropmarks or soilmarks. These various sources of imagery also provide an opportunity to examine from the air areas of Europe and beyond whose skies are still not open to traditional archaeological aerial reconnaissance. Tens of millions of such images are held in archives around the world, but their research potential goes very largely untapped. A primary aim of this volume is to draw to wider attention the existence, scope and potential access to historical archival aerial and satellite photographs, in order to encourage their use in a range of archaeological and landscape research. By drawing attention to this massive archival resource, providing examples of its successful application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice how to access and utilise the resource, the volume seeks to bring this material to wider attention, demonstrate its huge potential for archaeology, encourage its further use and stimulate a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution internationally.
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: James D. Outzen |
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: 602 |
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: 2012 |
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: UCBK:C112418611 |
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: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Satellite Reconnaissance by : James D. Outzen
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: Ingard Clausen |
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Total Pages |
: 260 |
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: 2012 |
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: UCBK:C083580642 |
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: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Intelligence Revolution 1960 by : Ingard Clausen
Overview: Provides a history of the Corona Satellite photo reconnaissance Program. It was a joint Central Intelligence Agency and United States Air Force program in the 1960s. It was then highly classified.
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: Miljana Radivojević |
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: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 700 |
Release |
: 2021-12-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781803270432 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1803270438 |
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: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia by : Miljana Radivojević
The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia is a landmark study in the evolution of early metallurgy in the Balkans. It demonstrates that far from being a rare and elite practice, the earliest metallurgy in the world was a common and communal craft activity.
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: Kevin H. Baines |
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: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 495 |
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: 2019 |
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: 9781107106772 |
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: 110710677X |
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: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Saturn in the 21st Century by : Kevin H. Baines
A detailed overview of Saturn's formation, evolution and structure written by eminent planetary scientists involved in the Cassini Orbiter mission.
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: Richard Mervin Bissell |
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: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
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: 1996-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300146103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300146108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections of a Cold Warrior by : Richard Mervin Bissell
Richard M. Bissell, Jr., the most important CIA spymaster in history, singlehandedly led America's intelligence service from the age of Mata Hari into the space age. Under his guidance the U-2 spy-plane, the SR-71 "Blackbird," and the Corona spy satellite were developed, and the agency rose to the pinnacle of its power. Bissell was also, however, the architect of the infamous Bay of Pigs operation that failed to overthrow Castro in 1961 and led to the decline of the CIA. In this compelling memoir, Bissell gives us an insider's view of the personalities, policies, and historical forces surrounding these and other covert operations and the lessons learned during those times of conflict.Bissell begins by describing his early years as a member of America's unofficial aristocracy. Born in a house that his father bought from Samuel Clemens, he was educated at Groton and Yale and befriended by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, among others. Bissell recounts how he became acting head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, the agency in charge of the Marshall Plan after World War II, and helped to create the European Payments Union. Bissell was brought into the CIA in 1954, where he initiated a revolution in intelligence-gathering techniques. He reveals the details of these developments, as well as of the unique CIA-Lockheed partnership he pioneered, his participation in the CIA-sponsored coup to overthrow Arbenz in Guatemala, and his involvement in crises in Laos and the Congo. Bissell's memoir sheds light not only on pivotal points of American foreign policy but also on America's evolution from isolationist to interventionist superpower.