Digital BW, The Print

The NRO will tell you now how they worked in the early days. Go to 
www.nro.gov and click on Corona.  

Truman

Editor P.O.V. Image Service wrote:

>Seth Rossman wrote:
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>>Excellent concept.  I wondered how those spy satellites work!
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>Ummm...  The Foveon chip technology is how..
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>>How do they
>>they get that hi-res film back down to earth so fast?  I'd thought it'd burn
>>up in the atmosphere.  Sneaky government is making secret film drops from
>>space.
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>Actually, film was dropped from space back into the atmosphere at one 
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>Film capsules were retrieved in most cases in midair as they parachuted 
>down, by specially equipped aircraft..
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>In those days, the film carried by a spy sateellite limited its 
>effective life...
>Keith
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