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| Control Number | NWDNC-263-COR3 |
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| Media | Maps and charts |
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| Descr. Level | Series |
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| Record Group | 263 |
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| Series | COR3 |
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| Title | Mission Coverage Plots on Microfiche |
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| Dates | 11/1960-06/1972 |
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| Coverage Dates | 08/18/1960-05/31/1972 |
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| Creating Org. | Central Intelligence Agency. Directorate of Intelligence. National Photographic Interpretation Center. |
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| Record Type/Genre | Indexes |
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| Scope &
Content | These records pertain to certain missions
flown by the CORONA and LANYARD photoreconnaissance
satellite systems KH-1 through KH-4, KH-4A, KH-4B, and KH-
6, between August 18, 1960, and May 31, 1972. The records
consist primarily of microfiche copies of plots depicting
the comprehensive geographic coverage of each satellite pass
taken over over Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and
Australia. Coverage of Cuba and its neighboring islands is
also indicated. For KH-4A mission 1048 and later, and KH-4B
mission 1105 and later, these microfiche also include the
supplemental mission coverage plots that depict coverage of
each satellite pass taken over North America, Greenland, and
Hawaii. Note that only those portions of each pass for
which photography exists are included within the pass
outlines. Note also that for the earlier missions areas of
complete overcast, water coverage, and "camera off" have
been omitted from the plots, but areas of limited coverage
are included. In later missions, all frames are indicated,
regardless of water coverage, total cloud cover, or a
complete lack of imagery. By interpolation, researchers may
determine the approximate frame numbers of the primary
camera frames taken during these missions and use that
information to access the imagery itself. Frontspieces to
each document in this series correlate specific photographic
coverages for each pass to specific World Aeronautical Chart
geographic areas. Certain mission coverage plots for KH-4B
missions include statistics such as preliminary mission data
and the dates and Greenwich Mean Time of each pass. Plots
for KH-4B missions 1114 and 1115 also include Target
Coverage Summaries that list by name sites of specific
interest to the photointerpreters who worked with the
imagery. Other mission coverage plots include a list of
control numbers (imagery can numbers) assigned by the
National Photographic Interpretation Center to the film cans
from the mission described. |
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| Process | NWDNC |
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| Arrangement | Arranged numerically by mission number. |
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| Finding Aids | A list of missions for which mission coverage plots on microfiche exist is available in the Cartographic and Architectural Research Room. |
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| See Also
| Record Group Description
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| Subject Ref. | Reconnaissance Satellite; CORONA; LANYARD; KH-1; KH-2; KH-3; KH-4; KH-4A; KH-4B; KH-6; Keyhole |
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| Geographic Ref. | Asia; Europe; South America; Eastern Europe; Middle East; Africa; China; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; North America; Cuba; Mexico; Central America; Greenland; Canada; United States of America; Hawaii; Iran; Afghanistan;
India; Australia; Haiti; Egypt |
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| Access | Unrestricted -- declassified. EO 12951: Release of Imagery Acquired by Space-Based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems, February 22, 1995.. |
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| Containers-cs1 | 1--Index Card Box, 6 x 4 inch |
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| Cf-copy set 1 | 0.209 |
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| Total Cubic Feet | 0.209 |
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| Accession Number | NN3-263-96-1 |
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| Schedule Number | NC1-263-84-11 (Item 39) |
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| Contact | Cartographic and Architectural Branch (NWDNC), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-7040 FAX: 301-713-7488 |
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