Chronology of the National Reconnaissance Office

Events

1950-1959

1960-1969

1970-1979

  • 25 May 1972 - CORONA M1117 launched; final mission of CORONA program
  • 12 October 1973 - Existence of NRO is inadvertently leaked through the Congressional Record, an official government publication[5]
  • 15 August 1978 - William P. Kampiles, CIA staffer, arrested after selling KH-11 Technical Manual to the Soviets[6]
  • 1 October 1978 - President Jimmy Carter publicly acknowledges the "fact of" United States' photoreconnaissance satellites[7][8]

1980-1989

  • 28 January 1986 - STS-51L Challenger explodes; delays pending launches of NRO satellites

1990-1999

2000-2009

References

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