RECONNAISSANCE

Satellites

Articles

To 1989

Included here:

1. 1960s

2. 1970s

3. 1980s

1. 1960s

Clark, Evert. "Satellite Spying Cited by [President] Johnson." New York Times, 17 Mar. 1967, 13.

This is an early report acknowledging U.S. use of monitoring satellites.

Corddry, Charles. "Piggy-Back Satellites Hailed As Big Space Gain for U.S." Washington Post, 23 Jun. 1960. [Bamford2]

Data: Magazine of Military RDT&E Management. Editors. "Reconnaissance and Surveillance." 12 (Apr. 1967): 11-63. [Petersen]

Data: Magazine of Military RDT&E Management. Editors. "Reconnaissance and Surveillance." 11, no. 4 (1967): 6-10. [Petersen]

Falk, Richard A. "Space Espionage and the World Order: A Consideration of the Samos-Midas Program." In Essays on Espionage and International Law, ed. R.J. Stanger, 45- 82. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1962. [Petersen]

Finney, John W. "Copter Recovers Capsule Ejected by U.S. Satellite." New York Times, 12 Aug. 1960, A1.

Klass, Philip J. "Military Satellites Gain Valuable Data." Aviation Week & Space Technology, 15 Sep. 1969, 55-61.

2. 1970s

Beecher, William. "Spy Satellites Will Monitor Pacts." Sea Power 15 (Jul.-Aug. 1972): 20-24. [Petersen ]

Greer, Kenneth E. "CORONA: The First Photographic Reconnaissance Satellite." Studies in Intelligence. Supplement 17 (Spring 1973): 1-37.

Cited in Norman Polmar, "Here's Looking at You, Boris," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Dec. 1995: 87-88.

3. 1980s

Aviation Week & Space Technology. Editors. "Space Reconnaissance Dwindles." 6 Oct. 1980, 18-20. [Petersen]

Bamford, James. "America's Supersecret Eyes in Space." New York Times Magazine, 13 Jan. 1985, 39 ff. [Petersen]

Bennett, Ralph K. "U.S. Eyes Over Russia: How Much Can We See?" Reader's Digest, Oct. 1985, 142-147. [Petersen]

Brugioni, Dino. "Aerial Photography: Reading the Past, Revealing the Future." Smithsonian 14, no. 12 (Dec. 1984): 150-161.

Bulloch, Chris. "View from the Top -- Intelligence Gathering from Aircraft and Spacecraft." Interavia 39 (Jan. 1984): 543-548. [Petersen]

Covault, Craig.

1. "Atlantis Radar Satellite Payload Opens New Reconnaissance Era." Aviation Week & Space Technology, 12 Dec. 1988, 26-28.

2. "Military Space Capabilities Expanding, but Excess Secrecy Limits Progress." Aviation Week & Space Technology, 17 Apr. 1989, 18- 19.

3. "USAF, NASA Discuss Shuttle Use for Satellite Maintenance." Aviation Week & Space Technology, 17 Dec. 1984, 14-16.

Cushman, Jack. "Space Shuttle Explosion Throws Military Programs into Disarray." Defense Week, 3 Feb. 1986, 2-4. [Petersen]

Krepon, Michael. "Spying from Space." Foreign Policy 75 (Summer 1989): 92-108.

The author sees a three-tiered system shaping up with regard to the use of space: The first tier (with manned space operations) is the United States and Russia; a second tier includes China, France, Great Britain, India, Israel, and Japan (with satellite launch capabilities); a third tier consists of those countries which will rely on other countries' space assets. A rising trend is the use of commercial satellite images for military applications. Generally, "the diffusion of satellite technology generates problems as well as opportunities for international security."

Richelson, Jeffrey T. "The Keyhole Satellite Program." Journal of Strategic Studies 7, no. 2 (1984): 121-153.

Zimmerman, Peter D. "From the SPOT Files: Evidence of Spying." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 45 (Sep. 1989): 24-25.

On the SPOT commercial satellite.

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