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Samos 10
1962-035
FTV 2404 (Program 698BJ Vehicle 4) was launched on 1962 Aug 5 by Atlas Agena B from Point Arguello with payload PVP 854. Planned orbit was 210 x 229 km x 96.0 deg, as against an actual 196 x 232 km x 96.30 deg. The Vandenberg report noted that attitude was stable and systems were normal `except for payload'. The PVP 854 camera payload failed to operate correctly, although the rear camera exposed a quantity of film. The deorbit burn was meant to be 0.49 km/s but only 0.44 km/s was attained. RV telemetry was obtained after entry blackout, but the parachute failed to deploy and the RV could not be found. It is believed that the parachutes did not deploy due to burn-through of the RV heatshield.
| FTV 2404 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Aug 5 | 1758:59 | Launch by Atlas Agena B | NMFPA |
| 1801:17 | BECO (T+2:18) | ||
| 1803:23 | SECO (T+4:24) | ||
| 1803:39 | VECO (T+4:40) | ||
| 1803:44 | Atlas sep (T+4:45) | <0 x 211 x 96? (VCR) | |
| 1804:14 | SPS ignition (T+5:15) | ||
| 1804:23 | Agena burn (T+5:24) | ||
| 1804:24 | SPS cutoff (T+5:25) | ||
| 1807:57 | Agena MECO (T+8:58) | 196 x 232 x 96.3 (VCR) | |
| 88.5 201 x 203 x 96.2 (SATCAT) | |||
| 1962 Aug 5 | 2322 | 88.55 203 x 203 x 96.30 | |
| 1962 Aug 6 | 88.62 205 x 205 x 96.3 (RAE) | ||
| 1962 Aug 6 | 1830? | Attitude stable to rev 18 | |
| 1962 Aug 6 | 1830? | Agena B retrofire, underburn | |
| 1830? | SRV sep | -1100 x 200 x 96.3 | |
| 1840? | SRV impact in Pacific | ||
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