TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : December 1977

Saturday, December 24, 1977

Discoverer 32

1961-027

CORONA 32 (KH-3 mission 9025) was another successful flight, with the SRV recovered over the Pacific after a one day flight. The supplementary science experiments, DRP Kit No. 3B, included an ionospheric beacon and plasma probes, as well as a SECOR geodetic transponder. They continued transmitting through reentry on Nov 13.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

KH-3 Mission 9025



1961 Oct 12	1922	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	1924	Thor MECO (T+2:28)
	1924	Thor VECO (T+2:37)
	1924	Thor sep (T+2:43)
	1925	Agena burn (T+3:23)
	1929	Agena cutoff (T+7:19)
			231 x 404 x ? (VCR)
1961 Oct 14	0021		229 x 401 x 81.63 (OE)
1961 Oct 14	0224		90.78 234 x 392 x 81.7
1961 Oct 14	0230		90.84 234 x 395 x 81.7 (RAE)
1961 Oct 14	1129		229 x 399 x 81.63 (OE)
	2205		229 x 398 x 81.63 (OE)
	2237	SRV ejected, deorbit (rev 18)
1961 Oct 14	2307	SRV recovered in midair, Pacific
1961 Oct			90.7 233 x 391 x 81.6 (SATCAT)
1961 Oct 15		Agena lost stabilization, rev 30
1961 Oct 16	0723		90.73 234 x 387 x 81.7
1961 Oct 16		AlphaGamma3 reentered	90.1 233 x 328 x 81.3
1961 Oct 19	1100		90.62 234 x 376 x 81.7
1961 Nov 10	0803		88.87 204 x 232 x 81.6
1961 Nov 13		CORONA/Agena reentered, still transmitting
1961 Nov 25		AlphaGamma2 reentered