A History of Satellite Reconnaissance. Volume 2B. SAMOS E-5 and E-6 (REDACTED)
Abstract
This volume is a continuation of Volume IIA of A History of Satellite Reconnaissance, separated chiefly because the bulk of pages makes it impractical to put the whole of the lengthy and complex history of the Samos program between one set of covers. Volume IIA includes those chapters concerned with the two major program segments that began in 1960 and 1961 and continued through October 1963: Samoa E-5 (plus Lanyard, which was half of an E-5 camera system in a different vehicle housing) and Samos E-6 (plus Spartan and SP-AS-63, the proposed re-engineered successors to E-6). Early drafts of these chapters were prepared in 1964 and 1965, while the author was an employee of The Rand Corporation. Correction, editing, expansion, and elaboration of those early drafts began in 1971 and was completed in 1973 while he was a member of the staff of Technology Service Corporation. Because documentary sources have mostly been dispersed or destroyed in the intervening years, and because most major program participants have long since left government service, it seems unlikely that further research will prove fruitful or that these volumes will again be expanded.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- ADA606621
Entities
People
- Robert Perry
Organizations
- National Reconnaissance Office