Discoverer 14

First ever reconnaicance picture made by a specialized satellite, depicting Mys Shmidta airfield on 18 August 1960

Recovery of film canister by a C-119

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 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images of the Soviet Union 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]

References

↑ "Discoverer 14 - NSSDC ID: 1960-010A". NASA.

Discoverer satellites

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See also: Corona (satellite) KH-5 Argon

← 1959 · Orbital launches in 1960 · 1961 →

Discoverer 9 \| Discoverer 10 \| Midas 1 \| Pioneer 5 \| S-46 \| TIROS-1 \| Transit 1B · Solrad \| Discoverer 11 \| Luna E-3 No.1 \| Luna E-3 No.2 \| Echo 1 \| Korabl-Sputnik 1 \| Midas 2 \| Transit 2A · Solrad 1 \| Discoverer 12 \| Vostok-1K No.1 \| Discoverer 13 \| Echo 1A \| Courier 1A \| Discoverer 14 \| Korabl-Sputnik 2 \| Discoverer 15 \| Pioneer P-30 \| Courier 1B \| Mars 1M No.1 \| Samos 1 \| Mars 1M No.2 \| Discoverer 16 \| Explorer 8 \| Discoverer 17 \| TIROS-2 \| Transit 3A · Solrad 2 \| Korabl-Sputnik 3 \| Explorer S-55 \| Discoverer 18 \| Pioneer P-31 \| Discoverer 19 \| Vostok-1K No.4

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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