Thursday, June 11, 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 | |
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