Poppy Systems / Cargill / Naval Research Laboratory / Preface We / National Security Agency / Douglas Aircraft Company / RAND Corporation / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
United States / Soviet Union / /
Currency
ZAR / /
Event
Business Partnership / Product Release / /
Facility
Vandenberg AFB / Naval Research Laboratory / Space Museum / National Cryptologic Museum / Poppy Operations Building / R. Cargill Hall / NRO headquarters / /
IndustryTerm
reconnaissance satellite programs / satellite reconnaissance programs / earth satellite vehicle / satellite program / satellite-based electronic intelligence / metal ball / satellite system / modest satellite research effort / reconnaissance satellite / imagery satellite reconnaissance system / satellite systems / earth-orbiting satellite vehicle / satellite program information / electronic equipment / early satellite / /
NaturalFeature
Cape Canaveral / /
Organization
Sharon K. Moreno History Staff Center for the Study / War Department / Central Intelligence / Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance / Navy / Central Intelligence Agency / National Reconnaissance Office / National Reconnaissance office of Policy/Directorate of Administration National Reconnaissance office Chantilly / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force / United States Navy / /
Person
Donald Kerr / David van Keuren / George Tenet / Tom Johnson / Francis Gary Powers / James Rosolanka / Ron Potts / Frances Lawson / Eisenhower / Thor Agena / Robert A. McDonald / Corona / David Hatch / Winston Churchill / W. J. Breedlove / /
Position
President / consultant / Deputy Chief / historian / Chief of Staff / Director / Chair / curator / production editor / NSA historian / /
Raising the Periscope… Grab and Poppy: America’s Early ELINT Satellites Robert A. McDonald and