Intelligence and Counterintelligence Global Reconnaissance

Corona was the U.S. nation's first photo reconnaissance satellite system, operating from August 1960 until May 1972. The program was declassified in February 1995. At the present time, CORONA program documents and imagery are being reviewed and processed for transfer to the National Archives and Records Administration. The Index of the Declassified CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD Records is available. Contact the FOIA office for more information.
Information Fact Sheet System Information Imagery Library Video Library clips from Corona, the movie! Corona Pioneers	Press Releases Press Release Press Release Executive Order CORONA : Success for Space Reconnaissance - Abstract from Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Vol 61, No. 6, June 1995	Samples Recently declassified satellite imagery available through the United States Geological Survey. Or contact: Customer Services - U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD 57198, Tel: 605-594-6151 e-mail: custserv@edcmail.edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

U.S. National Reconnaissance Organization

Press Releases NRO Key to Acquisition of Hazard Support System - 29 June 1998 General Dickman, Mr. Klinger Join NRO Team - 18 June 1998 National Reconnaissance Office Awards Launch Contract - 11 June 1998 NRO Satellite Successfully Launched - 8 May 1998 (view photo) NRO Provides Support to the Warfighters - 28 April 1998 TiPS Fact Sheet - 20 November 1996 Spy Satellite Processing Helps Combat Breast Cancer - 13 September 1996 NRO Satellite Successfully Launched - 29 January 1998 (view photo) Additional Early Photo Satellite Records Declassified - 26 November 1997 NRO Satellite Successfully Launched - 7 November 1997 NRO Satellite Successfully Launched - 23 October 1997 Dave Kier Named NRO Deputy Director NRO Satellite Successfully Launched - 20 December 1996 (view photo) The Environment on the Intelligence Agenda - 25 July 1996 NRO Statement on Small Satellites - 1 July 1996 Small Tether Satellite Deployed by NRL - 20 June 1996 How to Access CORONA Images Through USGS - 24 April 1996

Acting NRO Director Appoints External Review Panel - 17 April 1996 Jeremiah Panel Terms of Reference - 17 April 1996 Corona Press Release - 24 May 1995 Declassification of Historical Imagery - 24 Feb 95 Articles and Speeches Remarks Delivered at the Naval Research Laboratory - 17 June 1998 Remarks Delivered to the National Space Symposium - 9 April 1998 NRO Presentation to the Senate Armed Services Committee Strategic Force Subcommittee - 11 March 1998 National Network of Electro-Optical Manufacturing Technologies Conference Remarks - 9 February 1998 SAFSP Alumni Holiday Party Speech - 6 December 1997 Director's Remarks to the Nat'l Network of Electro-Optical Manufacturing Tech. Conference - 9 February 1998 Speech to National Space Club - 15 September 1997 Nomination Testimony - Prepared Testimony for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space ARPATech '96 18th S&T Symposium - 22 May 96 RIT Center for Imaging Science Industrial Associates Meeting - 23 October 1995 The National Space Club - 20 June 1995