Tuesday, November 18, 1980

Corona 102

 1965-086A


KH-4A Mission 1026 was launched on 1965 Oct 28 into a 75 degree orbit. Mission 1026-1 and 1026-2 lasted five days each, with the second SRV recovered on Nov 7.


KH-4A Mission 1026 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Oct 28  2117:12 Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D  SV LC1-1 
 2116  Launch (PER) 
 2118:07 Castor sep (T+0:55) 
 2119:39  Thor MECO (T+2:27) 
 2119:48  Thor VECO (T+2:36) 
 2119:56 Thor sep (T+2:43) 
 2120:00  Agena burn (T+2:48) 
 2124:05  Agena MECO (T+6:52)  90.77 176 x 449 x 74.98 (VCR)  
1965 Oct 31  2130  90.54 176 x 430 x 74.97 (RAE) 
1965 Oct 31    90.6 173 x 432 x 74.97 (SSR) 
1965 Oct 31   (86B)  89.6 134 x 401 x 75.0 (SSR, 86B) 
1965 Nov 1   86B reentered 
1965 Nov 2  2335? SRV-1 ejected rev 81 
1965 Nov 3  0003  SRV-1 recovered midair (PerfR) 
 0012 SRV-1 recovered midair (PER) 
  23 53N 168 37W 
1965 Nov 7  2253? SRV-2 ejected rev 160 
 2253?  Retro  
 2302? Parachute deploy 
1965 Nov 7  2304  SRV-2 midair (PerfR) -
 2319 SRV-2 recovered midair (PER) 
1965 Nov 15    90.1 172 x 377 x 75.0 (SSR) 
1965 Nov 17 1650?  Reentered 

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