Thursday, June 25, 1970
Monday, June 22, 1970
DSAP 4417
1967-096A
The final Block 4A satellite, F-17 or DSAP 4417, was launched on 1967 Oct 11 and operated for 5 months. The cameras and recorders failed in Mar 1968. The satellite was in a noon-midnight orbit.
Payload:
- Video camera
- System C
| DSAP 4417 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Oct 11 | 0757:56 | Launch by Thor Burner 2 | V LE-6 |
| 0800 | Thor MECO | ||
| 0809? | Burner II burn at 850 km | ||
| 0812? | Burner II sep | ||
| 100.2 667 x 866 x 99.2 | |||
| 1968 Mar 27 | End of transmissions | ||
Sunday, June 14, 1970
Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Discoverer 8
1959-011
On Flight 8 the integrator failed and Agena 1050 burnt to depletion, placing CORONA mission 9005 in an orbit with a much higher apogee than planned; when recovery was nevertheless attempted on orbit 15, the parachute failed and the capsule beacon was not detected. Launch was on 1959 Nov 20 and the attempted recovery was the following day. The orbital data suggests an ejection at around 2117 UTC but NASA TN-D-601 reports 2120 UTC as the ejection time, when it would have been at only 48 deg N or less - low for later missions but similar to Discoverer 6. An NRO telex, `Flight 9005 preliminary report', reports separation at 2129 UTC.
| KH-1 Mission 9005 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Nov 20 | 1925 | Launch by Thor Agena A | V |
| 1927 | Thor MECO (T+2:44) | ||
| 1927 | Thor VECO (T+2:54) | ||
| 1928 | Thor sep (T+3:02) | ||
| 1929 | Agena burn (T+4:33) | ||
| 1931 | Agena cutoff (T+6:33) | ||
| 103.7 187 x 1679 x 80.7 (RAE) | |||
| 103.7 193 x 1700 x ? (VCR) | |||
| 103.5 186 x 1661 x 80.5 (SATCAT) | |||
| 1959 Nov 20 | 2032 | 103.51 190 x 1658 x 80.6 | |
| 1969 Nov 21 | 2115 | Recovery sequence begins | |
| 1959 Nov 21 | 2120? | SRV ejected rev 15 | |
| 2120 | SRV deorbit | -14? x 1390? x 80.60 | |
| 2138? | SRV parachute failed, sank in Pacific | ||
| 1959 Nov 30 | 1931 | 102.58 186 x 1575 x 80.65 | |
| 1960 Jan 3 | 1244 | 99.56 189 x 1286 x 80.65 | |
| 1960 Jan 15 | 98.00 176 x 1147 x 80.6 (RAE) | ||
| 1960 Feb 29 | 1200 | 92.00 162 x 580 x 80.6 (RAE) | |
| 1960 Mar 2 | 0156 | 91.41 172 x 515 x 80.6 | |
| 1960 Mar 7 | 2312 | 88.03 114 x 239 x 80.7 | |
| 1960 Mar 8 | 0112? | CORONA/Agena reentered | |
Wednesday, June 3, 1970
Tuesday, June 2, 1970
Explorer 14
1962-051A
The EPE-B (Energetic Particles Explorer B, S-003A) payload continued the outer magnetosphere studies of its predecessor. Launched at 2212 on 1962 Oct 2 by Delta from Canaveral, it reached a 281 x 98530 km x 33.0 deg orbit. It was turned off briefly from 1963 Jan 10-29, but transmitted until 1963 Aug 11. It probably reentered in 1965.
Mass 40 kg, size 0.68m dia, 1.29m high, 0.9m mag boom.
| Explorer 14 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Oct 2 | 2211:30 | Launch by Delta | CC LC17B |
| 2213 | Thor sep | ||
| 2213 | Delta S/N 2025 burn | ||
| 2213? | Fairing sep | ||
| 2215:00? | T+4:30 Delta SECO | -1850? x 278 x 33.0 | |
| 6 min coast | |||
| 2222 | Delta sep | ||
| 2222 | Altair burn | ||
| 2225? | Altair sep | ||
| 1962 Oct 3 | 278 x 98850 x 32.96 | ||
| 1963 Feb 27 | 891 x 97898 x 37.12 | ||
| 1963 Aug 11 | end of tx | ||
| 1964 Oct 20 | 915 x 96959 x 33.60 | ||
| 1965? | Reentered | ||