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    • Declass 1 (1996) = Corona, Lanyard, & Argon Missions - KH1 thru KH6: 1960 - 1972.

    Metadata Updated: February 2, 2024

    'On February 24, 1995, President Clinton signed an Executive Order, directing the declassification of intelligence imagery acquired by the first generation of United States photo-reconnaissance satellites, including the systems code-named CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD. More than 860,000 images of Earth\'s surface, collected between 1960 and 1972, were declassified with the issuance of this Executive Order. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was given the responsibility for the original film and provide access to a duplicate copy for public viewing of the film. The USGS was also provided a dupe copy to support science products. Both NARA and the USGS provide access and product support for Declass-1 collection. Online requests for these data can be placed via the EarthExplorer interactive query system. EarthExplorer contains metadata and online samples of Earth science data. With EarthExplorer, you may review metadata, determine product availability, and place online requests for products. More than 40 percent of the imagery contains significant cloud cover. The use of browse imagery gives the user the opportunity to review a reduced spatial resolution image to determine whether or not the area of interest is covered and is or is not obscured by clouds. '

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 2, 2024

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    Harvested from DOI EDI

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 2, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Identifier USGS:EROS5e839febdccb64b3
    Data Last Modified 20240130
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://datainventory.doi.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
    Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0,-90.0
    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 051d15b3644ea8d91126da7fa794d375d5e2c5141b5a3035a28a9cd67006147a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial

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