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NRO Program A

The United States' National Reconnaissance Office's Program A was a component of the National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) established on 26 July 1962. Program A took the remnants of the Air Force Office of Special Projects (the successor to the ill-fated SAMOS program office, and redesignated it and refocused its efforts onto the next generation of imagery intelligence gathering satellites. It was disestablished 31 December 1992 when it was superseded by NRO's functional directorates.

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The United States' National Reconnaissance Office's Program A was a component of the National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) established on 26 July 1962.1 Program A took the remnants of the Air Force Office of Special Projects (the successor to the ill-fated SAMOS program office, and redesignated it and refocused its efforts onto the next generation of imagery intelligence gathering satellites (i.e. CORONA/Discoverer, KH-7/8 GAMBIT, KH-9 HEXAGON, JUMPSEAT). It was disestablished 31 December 1992 when it was superseded by NRO's functional directorates. 1

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  1. "Program Directors of the NRO" (PDF). National Reconnaissance Office.