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August 18, 1960

This image of Soviet Mys Shmidta Air Force Base in the former USSR was the first taken from CORONA, or DISCOVERER XIV as it was known to the public at the time, on 18 August 1960.

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Part of the CORONA Satellite, a rocket-shaped metal object.

Intelligence Events Timeline

August 18, 1960

This image of Soviet Mys Shmidta Air Force Base in the former USSR was the first taken from CORONA, or DISCOVERER XIV as it was known to the public at the time, on 18 August 1960.

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