Sunday, October 12, 1980

Corona 104

 1965-110A


KH-4A Mission 1028 was launched on 1965 Dec 24. Mission 1028-1 was recovered on Dec 29 after 5 days; Mission 1028-2 was recovered late on Jan 2. Observations included the USSR, China, Vietnam, Sinai, Germany, Senegal, Argentina and French Polynesia. Results included the discovery of new missile sites and preparations for an approaching nuclear test.


KH-4A Mission 1028 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Dec 24  2106:15 Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D  V 75-3 Pad 4 
 2107:20 Castor sep (T+1:05) 
 2108:45  Thor MECO (T+2:30) 
 2108:54  Thor VECO (T+2:39) 
 2109:00  Thor sep (T+2:45) 
 2109:06  Agena burn (T+2:51) 
 2113:10  Agena MECO (T+6:55)  90.84 183 x 454 x 80.02 (VCR) 
1965 Dec 26 1700  90.83 178 x 446 x 80.01 (RAE) 
1965 Dec 29  2340? SRV-1 ejected rev 81 
  Retro 295 m/s 
1965 Dec 30  0015 SRV-1 recovered midair 
  23 58N 169 42W 
1965 Dec 31    90.7 181 x 433 x 80.0 (SSR) 
1966 Jan 2  2250? SRV-2 ejected rev 144  
  Retro 288 m/s 
1966 Jan 2  2325 SRV-2 recovered midair 
 2330SRV-2 recovered (PerfR) 
  22 54N 167 25W 
1966 Jan 10  89.8 175 x 320 x 80.0 (SSR) 
1966 Jan 17  0844   88.98 164 x 284 x 80.0 
1966 Jan 20  1115?  CORONA/Agena reentered 

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