Itek
Itek was a high technology company, specializing in special purpose optical systems. It was founded in 1957, and acquired by Litton Industries in 1982. Litton was in turn acquired by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001.
Itek built many of the high technology optical products during the Cold War.
- The cameras in the first US spy satellites, for the Corona program[1].
- The panaramic camera carried on the Apollo moon missions[2].
- The panaramic cameras on the Mars Viking landers[3].
- The cameras aboard NASA's ER-2 (U2) research aircraft<ref>{{cite web|usrl=<ref>"ER-2 Program History". NASA.
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References
- Jonathan E. Lewis (2002). Spy capitalism: Itek and the CIA. ISBN 0-300-09192-3.
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- ^ "Litton's Itek division revealed as supplier of space cameras for first U.S. spy satellites". Business Wire.
- ^ {[cite web |url=http://history.nasa.gov/afj/simbaycam/itek-pan-camera.htm |title=The ITEK Panoramic Camera |publisher=NASA }}
- ^ "SP-425 The Martian Landscape - Cameras Without Pictures". NASA.
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