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1903-Today Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)
Joseph V. Charyk
At 9 minutes of NRO History (declassified).
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Joseph V. Charyk
NRO History (declassified)
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1903-Today Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)
1963-2007 COMSAT
Chief Scientists of the United States Air Force
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (DNRO)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
National Medal of Technology
US Under Secretary of the Air Force
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1959-1972 CORONA (satellite)
1961-1963 Charyk was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the first Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He later returned to aerospace industry, serving as first president of Communications Satellite Corporation.
Charyk brought the first United States imagery satellite, CORONA, into operation and demonstrated signals intelligence technology from space.
Charyk was widely credited as the founder of the geosynchronous communications satellite industry.
During Charyk's tenure, the NRO operated the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and managed development of the A-12.
Early in his career, Charyk consolidated the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Air Force, and United States Navy space programs into the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Office of Missile and Satellite Systems
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Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Robert Strange McNamara