Frequently Requested Records

The NRO releases collections of declassified records that may not be of great significance in NRO’s history but nonetheless are frequently requested by the public.

• History of the Poppy Satellite System - 487 KB

A History of Satellite Reconnaissance (Perry Histories)

• Vol 1 - 9.11 MB
• Vol 2a - 9.74 MB
• Vol 2b - 6.41 MB
• Vol 3a - 84.89 MB
• Vol 3b - 4.91 MB
• Vol 4 - 4.57 MB
• Vol 5 - 7.73 MB
• A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program - 8.7 MB

Congressional Budget Justifications

• FY 2008-2009 - 8 MB
• FY 2009 - 5 MB
• FY 2010 - 8 MB
• Dr. Hans Mark Interview - 1.7 MB
• Flax Memo on National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) Issues - 1 MB

GAMBIT/HEXAGON Declassified Documents

• SC-2017-00011a.pdf
• SC-2017-00011b.pdf
• SC-2017-00011c.pdf
• SC-2017-00011d.pdf
• SC-2017-00011e.pdf
• SC-2017-00011f.pdf
• SC-2017-00006h.pdf
• SC-2017-00006j.pdf
• SC-2017-00006k.pdf
• ISINGLASS Research & Development Program, 1966 - 2.85 MB
• Leaders of the NRO, by Clayton Laurie - 2.85 MB
• Manned Orbiting Laboratory/DORIAN illustrations
• NRO History - Missile Defense Alarm: The Genesis of Space-Based Infrared Early Warning - 3.62 MB
• NRP's Planned Use of the Space Shuttle - 5.02 MB
• SAMOS to the Moon - 1.7 MB
• The CORONA Story (2018 Release) - 15.3 MB
• U.S. Navy-NRO Program C, Electronic Intelligence Satellites (1958-1977) - 15.43 MB
• The NRO at Forty: Ensuring Global Information Supremacy - 428 KB