Vice President Albert Gore unveiled the first declassified CORONA photographs to the American press and public at CIA Headquarters on 24 February 1995.
Sources
- CORONA: America's First Satellite Program - CSI (cia.gov)
- https://irp.fas.org/imint/corona.htm (irp.fas.org)
- https://www.nro.gov/history/corona/ (nro.gov)
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