A Family of Recoverable Reconnaissance Satellites

Merton E. Davies, Amrom H. Katz, Robert W. Buchheim, T. F. Burke, R. T. Gabler, T. B. Garber, Carl Gazley, E. C. Heffern, J. R. Huntzicker, H. A. Lieske, et al.

ResearchPublished 1957

This research memorandum is the product of a feasibility study undertaken by several members of the RAND technical staff. The basic idea of using a spin-stabilized panoramic camera in the manner described herein was developed by M. E. Davies in the spring of 1957.

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  • Year: 1957
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Davies, Merton E., Amrom H. Katz, Robert W. Buchheim, T. F. Burke, R. T. Gabler, T. B. Garber, Carl Gazley, E. C. Heffern, J. R. Huntzicker, H. A. Lieske, and David J. Masson, A Family of Recoverable Reconnaissance Satellites. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1957. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2012.html.
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