Corona 59

 1963-002A

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Mission 9051, with Agena D 1157, was launched on 1963 Jan 7 into an 82 degree orbit. The SRV was recovered from the sea after a 4 day flight. The SRV came down 1600 km off course because of a horizon sensor malfunction. The vehicle had erratic attitude control and film ran out on pass 57D,but the film obtained was of good quality. Orbit mass was 1299 kg.

KH-4 Mission 9051
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Jan 7	2109:49	Launch by Thor Agena D	V Pad 1
	2111	Thor MECO (T+2:29)
	2111	Thor VECO (T+2:38)
	2111	Thor sep (T+2:44)	-5837? x 198 x 82
	2112	Agena burn (T+3:14)
	2116	Agena cutoff (T+7:17)	90.61 193 x 417 x 82.24 (VCR)
	2130		90.54 205 x 399 x 82.23 (RAE)
1963 Jan 8	0541		90.39 203 x 385 x 82.0
1963 Jan 9	0118		90.39 191 x 396 x 82.2
1963 Jan 10	1328		90.26 182 x 392 x 82.2
1963 Jan 11			90.3 202 x 384 x 82.0 (SATCAT)
		Rev 56, end of photography
1963 Jan 11	2305?	SRV sep, deorbit rev 65
	2340?	SRV impact Pacific
1963 Jan 12	0002	SRV located in sea
		9 05N 157 05 W
	1248	SRV inverted, ballast arm broke
		Recovered in raft `shortly after dawn'
1963 Jan 12	1730	SRV recovered?
1963 Jan 13	1811		89.96 181 x 363 x 82.2
1963 Jan 13	1900		90.01 193 x 353 x 82.23 (RAE)
1963 Jan 16		Debris 02B reentered
1963 Jan 21	0930		88.75 168 x 254 x 82.19 (RAE)
1963 Jan 21	0942		88.70 164 x 256 x 82.2
1963 Jan 22			88.7 164 x 256 x 82.0 (SATCAT)
1963 Jan 24	0500?	CORONA 59/Agena 1157 reentered