The declassified CORONA satellite photographs were to be transferred to the National Archives, with a copy sent to the U.S. Geological Survey for scientific and environmental uses.
Sources
- CORONA: America's First Satellite Program - CSI (cia.gov)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/link/cpd/executiveorder/12951 (govinfo.gov)
- https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/scene/metadata/fgdc/5e839febdccb64b3/DS1024-1069DA123/?responseType=saveXml (earthexplorer.usgs.gov)
- https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1552/full (pubs.usgs.gov)
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