Скачать или смотреть The Spy Satellite Genius They Kept Secret — Until He Exposed Every Soviet Base

The engineer who photographed every Soviet military base—and couldn't tell anyone for 37 years. Frank Madden designed the Corona spy satellite camera system in 1958, creating the first reconnaissance satellite capable of photographing the Soviet Union from space. His cameras revealed the truth about the missile gap, documented the Cuban Missile Crisis, and revolutionized Cold War intelligence. But the CIA classified his identity, forbidding him from discussing his work until President Clinton declassified Corona in 1995. This is the story of the mechanical engineer who won the Cold War from orbit—while NASA astronauts became celebrities, his name remained secret.

Topics covered: Corona spy satellite program, Cold War reconnaissance, Frank Madden, Itek Corporation, satellite photography, missile gap myth, Discoverer program, aerial capsule recovery, U-2 shoot-down, Eisenhower intelligence policy, stereoscopic satellite imaging, 1960s space technology.

SOURCES USED

CIA Corona declassified program history (1995)
National Reconnaissance Office historical documents
"The Corona Story" by Kevin C. Ruffner (CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library archives
National Archives Corona satellite photograph collection
U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center Corona records
Itek Corporation historical records
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center history
Interview transcripts with Corona program engineers (post-1995)
Discoverer/Corona mission logs and technical specifications

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