Those military recovery airplanes had a snagging boom to catch the parachutes of the descending film capsules, which were then reeled into the rear of the plane. Very tricky, & required skill by the pilots & good timing. Once the satellites used up all of the film capsules, there was no other use for them.
Those military recovery airplanes had a snagging boom to catch the parachutes of the descending film capsules, which were then reeled into the rear of the plane. Very tricky, & required skill by the pilots & good timing. Once the satellites used up all of the film capsules, there was no other use for them.