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Analytical Article Looking Closer and Looking Broader: Gambit and Hexagon — The Peak of FilmReturn Space Reconnaissance After Corona* By Robert A.McDonald, Ph.D. and Patrick Widlake *Pre-printed from the forthcoming N
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Document Date: 2012-01-30 08:15:46


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Cincinnati / Moscow / New York / Washington / D.C. / /

Company

Figure 1 / Itek Corporation / Google / Gambit and Hexagon / Eastman Kodak / /

Continent

America / Antarctica / /

Country

Greenland / United States / Soviet Union / Australia / /

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Event

M&A / Product Release / /

Facility

KASPIYSK Special Research and Development Facility / Vandenberg Air Force Base / Special Research and Development Facility / Shea Stadium / /

IndustryTerm

program management / film processing / satellite reconnaissance / successor systems / film-return space reconnaissance systems / film-return satellite reconnaissance systems / aircraft recovery systems / programmed satellite commands / satellite imagery / inadvertent imaging / satellite control / high-resolution imaging satellite / surveillance satellite missions / satellite system / satellite vehicle stability / photoreconnaissance satellite / control gas valves / satellite imaging systems / weapon systems / satellite programs / large-aperture optical systems / area search / satellite photointelligence system / earlier satellite imaging systems / high-resolution imagery satellite / wide-area search system / engineers pioneering satellite technology / manufacturing / overhead satellite reconnaissance products / power systems / satellite missions / /

Organization

KH-8 mission / Corona mission / U.S. Government / U.S. Department of State / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Space System Division / second Gambit-1 KH-71 mission / Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance / Air Force’s Space System Division / Gambit U.S. Air Force / National Reconnaissance office Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance / first KH-7 mission / Nixon administration / Central Intelligence Agency / Patrick Widlake Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance In / National Reconnaissance Office / U.S. intelligence / Air Force / Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance Nationa / Department of Defense / Force for Special Projects / Media Services Center / office of the Secretary / /

Person

CLOSER A ND / Patrick Widlake / Sharon K. Moreno / Richard Nixon / Leonid Brezhnev / Robert McNamara / Joseph Charyk / Paul J. Heran / Susan D. Schultz / BROA DER / Ronald / Reagan / Patrick D. Widlake / Robert E. Greer / John McCone / Robert A.McDonald / /

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Position

President / Deputy Director / Business Plans and Operations / Secretary of Defense / Colonel / contractor / Director / Soviet General Secretary / aging Editor / /

Product

C-130 / Agena / C-119 / U-2 / /

ProvinceOrState

Ohio / Virginia / /

Technology

remote sensing / satellite technology / /

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