Discoverer 14

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Discoverer 14 (also known as KH-1 9009) was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by DARPA and the United States Air Force. On 1960-08-19 usable photographic film images taken by the satellite were recovered by a C-119 recovery aircraft. This was the first successful recovery of film from an orbiting satellite and the first mid-air recovery of an object returning from Earth orbit.[1]

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  1. ^ Discoverer 14 - NSSDC ID: 1960-010A. NASA.


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