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Corona 86
1964-061A
CORONA 86 was launched on 1964 Oct 5 with a KH-4A payload. Mission 1011-1 was recovered on around Oct 9 after 85 orbits, with imagery of the USSR, China, Cuba and Zaire, but the SRV for Mission 1011-2 was not ejected; normal and lifeboat systems both failed. The inter-SRV fairing was confirmed to have ejected, but the SRV remained attached to Agena 1170, which reentered on Oct 26.
Mass of CORONA 86 was 1620 kg.
| KH-4A Mission 1011 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Oct 5 | 2150:14 | Launch by TAT Agena D | V 75-3 Pad 4 |
| 2151:19 | Castor sep (T+1:05) | ||
| 2152:46 | Thor MECO (T+2:32) | ||
| 2153:00 | Thor VECO (T+2:41) | ||
| 2153:07 | Thor sep (T+2:48) | ||
| 2153:12 | Agena burn (T+2:53) | ||
| 2157:11 | Agena MECO (T+6:57) | 90.81 184 x 450 x 79.99 (VCR) | |
| 1964 Oct 7 | 0634 | 90.70 180 x 438 x 80.0 | |
| 1964 Oct 7 | 0700 | 90.75 182 x 440 x 80.0 (RAE) | |
| 1964 Oct 10 | 0008:02 | SRV-1 ejected | |
| 0008:12 | Retro | ||
| 0008:24 | T/C sep | ||
| 0017:01 | Main parachute deploy | ||
| 0043? | SRV-1 recovered, orbit 65 | ||
| Rev 65 reactivate | |||
| 1964 Oct 10 | 2216 | 90.62 180 x 429 x 80.0 | |
| 1964 Oct 12 | |||
| 2307:20 | D-Timer on | ||
| 2307:33 | Fairing sep (D+0:13) | ||
| 2309:43 | SRV-2 sep failure (D+1:23) | ||
| 2319:36 | Pitch down verified | ||
| 1964 Oct 13 | Rev 117, contact lost | ||
| 1964 Oct 13 | 2314? | rev 128 Second SRV-2 recovery attempt failed | |
| 1964 Oct 14 | 2254 | 90.39 176 x 412 x 80.0 | |
| 1964 Oct 15 | 90.4 176 x 391 x 80.0 (SSR) | ||
| 1964 Oct 16 | 0030 | 90.24 175 x 397 x 80.0 | |
| 1964 Oct 23 | 1201 | 88.97 160 x 286 x 80.0 | |
| 1964 Oct 26 | 0941 | CORONA/Agena/SRV-2 reentered 75N 26.6W | |
Monday, January 4, 1971
Discoverer 6
1959-006A
Discoverer 6 reached orbit in Aug 1959 with a mass of 862 kg. Signals were not received after the capsule separation on Flight 6 (Mission 9003), and it is assumed the retrorocket failed,though what happened to the capsule afterwards is unclear.
| KH-1 Mission 9003 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Aug 19 | 1925 | Launch by Thor Agena A | V Pad 5 |
| 1927 | Thor MECO (T+2:44) | ||
| 1927 | Thor VECO (T+2:53) | ||
| 1928 | Thor sep (T+2:59) | ||
| 1929 | Agena 1028 burn (T+4:36) | ||
| 1931 | Agena 1028 cutoff (T+6:31) | ||
| 212 x 848 x 84 (RAE) | |||
| 216 x 895 x ? (VCR) | |||
| 1959 Aug 20 | 1043 | 95.18 207 x 846 x 84.0 | |
| 2227 | SRV ejected on rev 17 (40N?) | ||
| 2232? | Reentered | ||
| 1959 Aug 21 | 1827 | 95.05 207 x 835 x 84.0 | |
| 1959 Sep 15 | 0836 | 93.47 211 x 678 x 84.0 | |
| 1959 Sep 28 | 0500 | 92.0 196 x 547 x 84.0 (RAE) | |
| 1959 Oct 5 | 1213 | 90.92 171 x 468 x 84.0 | |
| 1959 Oct 12 | 1700 | 90.0 186 x 359 x 84.0 (RAE) | |
| 1959 Oct 20 | 1900 | Agena reentered | |
Friday, January 1, 1971
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