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Eyeing the red storm Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite

In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world's first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. As a fiscal conservative, Eisenhower believed a strong economy was the key...

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Main Author: Dienesch, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 2016
Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Space surveillance > United States > History > 20th century.
Artificial satellites > United States > History > 20th century.
Military surveillance > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold war > History.
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