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Critical to US security : the Gambit and Hexagon satellite reconnaissance systems compendium
- Title
- Critical to US security : the Gambit and Hexagon satellite reconnaissance systems compendium / edited by James Outzen.
- Publication
- Chantilly, Va. : Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance, [2012]
- Supplementary Content
- http://www.nro.gov/history/csnr/gambhex/Docs/Compendium_web.pdf
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- Description
- xv, 683 p. : facsims., col. ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Overview: This study traces the origins and development of the Gambit and Hexagon programs. It details the technological problems, breakthroughs, and accomplishments encountered as NRO, CIA, Air Force, and private industry engineers, designers, and program managers pushed the cutting edge of space reconnaissance technology. It outlines the evolving close partnership and working relationship between the NRO and industry in pursuing far-reaching scientific and technological goals. This study also describes the bureaucratic battle among the CIA, the NRO, and the Air Force over control and management of these systems. Finally, it places the development of these unique satellite systems squarely in the crisis atmosphere of the Cold War and the constant demands of U S officials for more and better pictures. It is a remarkable story.
- Alternative Title
- Critical to United States security
- Subject
- Note
- "January 2012."
- Shipping list no.: 2012-0217-P.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: History By Gerald Haines, PH D: -- Gambit -- Hexagon -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Section 2: Systems Requirements: -- Report: U S Air Force, General Operational Requirements for a Reconnaissance Satellite Weapon System, 26 September 1958 -- Memorandum: Air Force, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Major General James H Walsh, Intelligence Requirements for SENTRY, 10 November 1958 -- Report: CIA Director Allen W Dulles, Intelligence Requirements for Satellite Reconnaissance Systems of Which Samos is an Example, 5 July 1960 -- Report: Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Report of a Special Panel on Satellite Reconnaissance, 25 August 1960 -- Memorandum and Report: Edward Purcell to the Director of Central Intelligence, Panel for Future Satellite Reconnaissance Operations, 3 July 1963 -- Memorandum and Attachments: United States Intelligence Board, Long-Range Requirements for Satellite Photographic Collection, 27, July 1964 -- Memorandum: United States Intelligence Board, Long-Range Requirements for Satellite Photographic Collection, 31 July 1964 -- Section 3: Program Initialization: -- Organizational Instruction: Operational Order for the Satellite and Missile Observation System, Lieutenant General Bernard A Schriever, undated -- Organizational Instruction: The Basic Policy Concerning SAMOS, Memorandum from Major General R M Montgomery, 29 December 1960 -- Security Instruction: Security Guidance of an Unclassified Nature Relating to SAMOS, Colonel Harry L Evans, undated -- Letter: Kodak's Arthur B Simmons to Air Force Undersecretary for Research and Development Joseph V Charyk, Preliminary Schedules for Blanket and Sunset Strip, 22 July 1960 -- Report: Major General O J Ritland, Project Cue Ball: Outline Development Plan, 9 November 1961 -- Report: Colonel William G King, Program Management Plan, Project G-3, 1 February 1966 -- Report: CIA Directorate of Science and Technology, Preliminary Project Fulcrum Phase 1 Tasking, 1 July 1964 -- Memorandum: CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology Albert D Wheelon to the Director of Central Intelligence, Project FULCRUM, 30 September 1964 -- Memorandum: Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Alexander Flax to Director of Special Projects, SAF and Director of Reconnaissance, CIA, System Operational Requirements for the New Search and Surveillance System, 29 April 1966 -- Letter: President of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation Chester W Nimitz, Jr, Cover Letter for Design Definition of Hexagon Optical Sensor, 21 July 1966 -- Section 4: Systems Capabilities: -- Technical Document: KH-7 Camera System (Part 1), National Photographic Interpretation Center, July 1963 -- Technical Document: The KH-8B Camera System (Third Edition), National Reconnaissance Office and National Photographic Interpretation Center, October 1970 -- Briefing Book: Project Hexagon Overview, National Reconnaissance Office, 25 January 1978 --
- Section 5: Systems Contributions: -- Report: Analysis of Gambit Project, 24 August 1967 -- Report: Analysis of Gambit (110) Project, Brigadier General William G King, 28 April 1970 -- Report Excerpts: Program 206-II System Performance, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company, undated -- Letter: Major Factors Contributing to Program 206-II Success written to Alexander Flax, 13 November 1966 -- Memorandum: Innovations, and trends in exploitation in the Western Geographic Division, IEG caused by the KH-9 System, 20 March 1973 -- Report: The KH-9 Search and MC&G Performance Study (Volume II), National Photographic Interpretation Center, October 1977 -- Section 6: Program Controversies: -- Report: US Air Force, Minutes of Joint Meeting of Reconnaissance Panel and SAMOS Working Group, 1 July 1960 -- Memorandum: National Reconnaissance Office, Approval to Re-Orient Program 206 to Air Retrieval Over Pacific Area, 19 September 1962 -- Memorandum: Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Brockway McMillan for the Vice Chief of Staff, USAF, Space Recovery Responsibility, 18 October 1963 -- Letter: Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Brockway McMillan to Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director of Science and Technology Albert Wheelon, Concerning the Establishment of the Satellite Photography Working Group, 18 November 1963 -- Memorandum: Colonel Paul E Worthman Memorandum for the Record, Telephone Conversations with Representatives of the Itek Corporation, 24 February 1965 -- Memorandum: Colonel Paul E Worthman Memorandum for the Record, Itek Discussions with Dr McMillan and Dr Land, 25 February 1965 -- Memorandum: DNRO Brockway McMillan Memorandum for the Record, Discussion with Itek Leadership and Pullout from Fulcrum Follow-on, 25 February 1965 -- Memorandum: Fulcrum Program Manager Jackson D Maxey to Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Ground Rules for the New Search System Competition, 2 August 1965 -- Memorandum: John Martin, SAFSP Director to Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Dr Alexander Flax, Comments on Alternate Management Arrangements for the New Photographic Satellite Search and Surveillance System, 4 November 1965 -- Memorandum: Huntington D Sheldon CIA's Director of Reconnaissance to the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Alexander Flax-CIA Comments Concerning Alternative Management Arrangements for the New Photographic Satellite Search and Surveillance System, 4 November 1965 -- Memorandum: Brigadier General James T Stewart, Director of NRO Staff Department of the Air Force for Dr Alexander Flax, Task Group Report for Alternative Management Arrangements for the New Photographic Search and Surveillance System, 5 November 1965 -- Letter: Acting Director of CIA Rufus Taylor to Director of Bureau of the Budget Charles Zwick, Concerning Memorandum Regarding FY1970 Hexagon Funding, 20 December 1968 -- Letter: Robert Mayo Bureau of the Budget to Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, Concerning Assessment of Hexagon Contributions, 22 March 1969 -- Report: Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Robert Naka, Report of the Hexagon Review Committee, 4 September 1969 -- Letter: CIA Program Manager Robert Kohler, Concerning the Reliability of Corona, Gambit, and Hexagon Film Return Systems, 20 February 1973 -- Section 7: Program Congratulations: -- Letter: Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms to Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Dr Alexander Flax, Congratulations on First KH-8 Mission, 18 August 1966 -- Letter: Director of Central Intelligence William Casey, Commendation for the Operation of Hexagon Mission 1217, 3 January 1983 -- Memorandum: Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Edward C Aldridge, Letter of Appreciation from the Director of Central Intelligence William Casey, 7 January 1983 -- Report: National Reconnaissance Office, Hexagon Transition Plan, March 1972.
- Call Number
- JSF 12-353
- ISBN
- 9781937219048 (pbk.)
- 1937219046 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 785745912
- Title
- Critical to US security : the Gambit and Hexagon satellite reconnaissance systems compendium / edited by James Outzen.
- Imprint
- Chantilly, Va. : Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance, [2012]
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Outzen, James.Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance (U.S.)
- Other Form:
- Online version: Critical to US security (OCoLC)785820227
- Sudoc No.
- D 1.2:SE 2/12
- Research Call Number
- JSF 12-353