Index 

To 

The Declassified Collection of 

CORONA ARGON LANYARD 

Photographs 

Declassified by the National Reconnaissance O
 PHOTO NUMBER# DESCRIPTION 

1 The Rand Corporation 

2 Fears of Growing Soviet Nuclear Capability 

3 President Eisenhower 4 Eisenhower and Khrushchev 5 High Altitude Reconnaissance Balloon 

6 Soviet Sputnik Launch Booster 

7 U-2 High Altitude Aircraft 

8 U-2 Imagery Disproves "Bomber Gap" 

9 U-2 Pilot Gary Francis Powers 

10 Flight Track of Powers' U-2 in 1960 

11 Dr. James R. Killian and President Eisenhower 

12 Dr. Edwin H. "Din" Land 13 Drs. Killian and Land 14 Richard Bissell and Gen Osmond Ritland 15 Colonel Frederick "Fritz" Oder 16 Headquarters Building, CI

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17 Corporate Headquarters, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company 18 Corporate Headquarters, ITEK Corporation 

19 HYAC 12 Inch Panoramic Camera 

20 HYAC 1 Panoramic Camera 21

Artist Concept of SAMOS Photoreconnaissance Satellite 

22 Unidentified SAMOS Launch 23 Unidentified SAMOS Launch 
24 DISCOVERER-3 (CORONA) Launch, 3 June 1959 

25 DISCOVERER-3 (CORONA) Launch Film Return Capsule 

26 Col Matheson, Generals Shriever and White with DISCOVERER-13 (CORONA) Film Return Capsule, August 1960 

27 Key Air Force Players and the DISCOVERER-13 (CORONA) Film Return Capsule, August 1960 28 President Eisenhower Inspecting DISCOVERER-13 (CORONA) Film Return Capsule 29 President Eisenhower Inspecting DISCOVERER-13 (CORONA) Film Return Capsule 30 First Image From a Photoreconnaissance Satellite 31 20 August 1960 Front Page of the New York Times 32 THORAD Booster and J-3 Payload System 

33 CAL Boosters 34 AGENA Spacecraft Components 

35 AGENA Spacecraft Components, Optional and Peculiar to CAL Missions 

36 AGENA Production Line 

37 AGENA Production Line 38 AGENA Spacecraft Checkout 

39 AGENA Performance Through 1962 

40 HYAC Balloon Camera 41 The First Satellite Camera 42 Petzval Lens 43 CORONA C Camera Prepared for Vacuum Testing 

44 CORONA C Triple Prime (C''') Camera 

45 ARGON Mapping Camera 

46 LANYARD Camera 47 LANYARD Camera 48 LANYARD Camera 
49 LANYARD Camera 

50 LANYARD Camera 51 LANYARD Camera and Technician 52 MURAL Camera System 

52 MURAL Camera 54 MURAL Camera 55 MURAL Optics Collimation Testing 

56 MURAL Cameras in a Test Stand 57 MURAL Cameras in a Test Stand 58 J-1 Camera Being Tested 

59 Back of a J-1 Camera 60 J-1 Camera Mounted in Instrument Barrel 61

A J-1 System Camera Instrument Barrel 

62 Wooden Mockup of a J-3 Camera Module 

63 Wooden Mockup of a J-3 Camera Module 64 Single J-3 Camera Brassboard 

65 Single J-3 Camera Brassboard 66 J-3 Qualification Camera and Film Supply Drum 

67 J-3 Qualification Camera System 

68 J-3 Qualification Camera System 69 J-3 Camera Components 

70 J-3 Film Guide Rails 71 J-3 Camera Film Transport Drum and Petzval Lens 

72 J-3 Main Film Supply Support Structure 73 J-3 Main Film Supply Drum 
74 J-3 Support Structure For a Single Camera 

75 J-3 Main Film Supply Support Structure 76 Buckling Test Data for Camera Support Structure 

77 Test Setup for J-3 High Efficiency Power Amplifier 

78 Setup for Testing Data Recording on J-3 System Payload 

79 Setup for Testing Film Change Detection on J-3 System Payload 

80 Film Flatness Test Equipment for J-3 System Payload 

81 Resolution Test Setup for Petzval Lens of J-3 System Payload 

82 Control Console for Target Drive of J-3 System Payload 

83 Target Film Drive Assembly for the J-3 System Payload 

84 J-3 System Film Take-up Simulator 

85 Two Bay System Test and Checkout Console Used with the J-3 System Payload 86 J-3 System Camera Acceptance Test Fixtures 87 Constant Rotating J-3 Camera 

88 Constant Rotating J-3 Camera 89 Constant Rotating J-3 Camera 90 CORONA J-3 Camera 91 Constant Rotating J-3 Camera 92 Improved Stellar Index Camera 

93 Dual-Integrated Stellar Index Camera (DISIC) 94 Dual-Integrated Stellar Index Camera (DISIC) 95 Dual-Integrated Stellar Index Camera (DISIC) 96 Dual-Integrated Stellar Index Camera (DISIC) 97 "B" Satellite Recovery Vehicle Conic of J-3 System Payload 

98 Stellar Index Camera Film Path for JANUS-series System Payloads 
99 Film Path for JANUS-series Systems Payloads 

100 Film Threading Scheme for JANUS-Series System Payloads 

101 Schematic Drawing of Film Cut-and-Splice Mechanism for JANUS-Series System Payloads 102 "Tuna" Film Cut-and-Splice Mechanism for JANUS-Series System Payloads 103 Functional Diagram of the Film Cut-and-Splice Mechanism for JANUS-Series System Payloads 104 The Housing and Feed Tray For the Film Cut-and-Splice Mechanism 105 The Film Cut-and-Splice Mechanism for JANUS-Series System Payloads 106 Preparations for a Film Cut-and-Splice Vacuum Test 107 Film Damage from Flight Simulation Testing 108 Technicians Working on a Film Return Capsule 

109 Handling Dolly for One of Two JANUS-Series Payload Film Return Capsules 

110 Internal View of a J-1 Satellite Recovery Vehicle 111 Internal View of a J-1 Satellite Recovery Vehicle 112 J-3 Satellite Recovery Vehicle Expanded View 113 Disassembled J-3 Film Return Capsule 

114 Film Return Capsule for a J-3 Payload System 

115 Inside of a J-3 Film Return Capsule 

116 A J-3 Film Return Capsule and Packed Parachute 

117 A Sealed J-3 Film Return Capsule 

118 A Satellite Recovery Vehicle in a Roll Dolly 

119 Fully Assembled Satellite Recovery Vehicle Ready for Mating to The Rest of The System Payload 120 MURAL System Payload Components 121 The Two MURAL System Payload Instrument Barrels About to be Mated Together 122 Fully Assembled MURAL System Payload 

123 An Inboard Diagram of the CORONA J-1 System Payload 
124 Inboard Profile For a CORONA J-1 System Payload 

125 Technicians Manipulating the "A" Satellite Recovery Vehicle of a J-1 System Payload 

126 Annotated J-1 System Payload Fully Assembled 

127 J-1 System Payload Fully Assembled 

128 Fully Assembled J-1 System Payload Standing Vertical 

129 Fully Assembled J-3 System Payload Standing Vertical 130 Map Showing Location of Vandenberg AFB, California - Launch Site for CAL Missions 131 Flow Chart For Sequencing Assembly of J-1 System Payload Prior to Shipment to Vandenberg AFB 132 Flow Chart For Sequencing of Payload Assembly and Test from Factory to Launch 133 J-1 System Payload Undergoing a Fit Check for Its Launch Fairing 134 J-1 System Payload Undergoing a Fit Check for Its Launch Fairing 135 THOR Booster Being Readied for Launch 

136 THOR Booster Erect on the Pad During Prelaunch Preparations 

137 CORONA Payload and AGENA Atop the THOR Booster Prior to Launch 

138 An Unidentified CORONA Launch 

139 Launch of CORONA Mission 9035, 30 May 1962 

140 Artist Concept Depicting Launch Trajectory and Sequence of Events for Orbit Insertion 

141 Artist Concept Depicting AGENA Engine Burn to Achieve Orbit 142 CORONA Mission Controllers 143 Artist Concept of the AGENA and its CORONA Payload in Orbit 144 Artist Concept of the AGENA and its CORONA Payload in Orbit 145 Artist Concept of the MURAL System Payload in Orbit 146 Example of Corona Electrostatic Discharge on Camera Film 147 Orbit Plot for an Unidentified CORONA Mission over the USSR 148 Comparative System Documentation Showing Growth in Complexity of CORONA Program 
149 Artist Concept Depicting Spacecraft Maneuver Sequence for Reentry 

150 Artist Concept Depicting Sequence of Events for Recovery of the Film Return Capsule 

151 Artist Concept Depicting Sequence of Events for Recovery of the Film Return Capsule 152 A CORONA Film Return Capsule Descending by Parachute into the Recovery Zone 

153 A Film Return Capsule Descending by Parachute after Reentry Has Burned Away Its Ablative Shielded Forebody 154 Close-up View of the Film Return Capsule Suspended From Its Parachute 155 Artist Concept Depicting Sequence of Events for the Actual Air Snatch of the Film Return Capsule 

156 A Sequence of Photographs Recording the Actual Air Recovery of the Film Return Capsule as Seen from the C-130 Re

157 Continuation of Photographic Sequences of Actual Air Recovery of a Film Return Capsule 158 Artist Concept of a C-130 Aircraft Approaching a Descending CORONA Film Return Capsule 159 An Air Force C-119 Aircraft Making an Air Catch of a CORONA Film Return Capsule 

160 Painting from the air Force Art Collection Depicting the Aerial Recovery of a CORONA Film Return Capsule by a C-119 

161 An Air Force C-119 Reeling in a Parachute with a Test Recovery Payload 162 Artist Concept Depicting Sequence of Events for the Seaborne Recovery of the CORONA Film Return Capsule 163 A Waterborne Recovery 164 A Waterborne Recovery 165 A Waterborne Recovery 166 The Film Return Capsule from CORONA Mission 1005 That Errantly Impacted in Venezuela in April 1964 167 The Film Return Capsule from CORONA Mission 1005 That Errantly Impacted in Venezuela in April 1964 168 The Film Return Capsule from CORONA Mission 1005 That Errantly Impacted in Venezuela in April 1964 169 The Film Return Capsule from CORONA Mission 1005 That Errantly Impacted in Venezuela in April 1964 170 The Film Return Capsule from CORONA Mission 1005 That Errantly Impacted in Venezuela in April 1964 171 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 

172 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 173 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 
174 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 

175 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 176 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 177 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 178 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 179 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 180 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 181 Film Return Capsule Debris from CORONA Mission 1005 182 The Chemical Mix Room in the Photo Processing Facility 

183 A Duplicating Film Processor in the Photo Processing Facility 184 President Kennedy Inspecting the Film Return Capsule from DISCOVERER-13 (CORONA) 185 President Johnson Being Briefed on a Model Developed From Satellite Imagery 186 President Johnson on the Value of Photoreconnaissance Satellites to the National Security 187 President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev Sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty 188 President Carter on the Stabilizing Influence of Photoreconnaissance Satellites for World Affairs