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

Corona 111

 1966-072A

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KH-4A Mission 1036 (CORONA 111) saw the introduction of a new launch vehicle, the Long Tank Thrust Augmented Thor Agena D. The LTTAT, also known as Thorad, was delivered by McDonnell Douglas to USAF in June of 1966, and took off from Vandenberg on Aug 9, placing the KH-4A payload into a retrograde 100 degree inclination orbit. The KH-4A mission had an unusually long duration, with SRV-1 recovered after 7 days and and SRV-2 operating for a further 6 days before recovery. This mission may be the first J-2 model,although the J-2 designation was not used in most documents. The J-2 proposal, reportedly not approved, used Thorad/Agena, had a 14 day lifetime, and could incorporate the OAS orbit adjust system kit. All of these enhancements apply to the later J-1 missions.

KH-4A Mission 1036
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 9	2046:03	Launch by Thorad Agena D	V SLC1W
	2047:45	Castor II SRMs sep (T+1:42)
	2049:40	Thor MECO (T+3:37)
	2049:49	Thor VECO (T+3:46)
	2049:55	Thor sep (T+3:52)
	2050:01	Agena burn (T+3:58)
	2054:03	Agena MECO (T+8:00)	89.46 193 x 305 x 100.11 (VCR)
1966 Aug 10	0212		89.38 191 x 296 x 100.1
1966 Aug 11	0501		89.32 188 x 294 x 100.1
1966 Aug 12	0451		89.30 188 x 291 x 100.1
1966 Aug 13	2232		89.25 187 x 286 x 100.1
1966 Aug 15			89.4 193 x 239 x 100.12 (SSR)
1966 Aug 15	0230		89.35 194 x 287 x 100.12 (RAE)
1966 Aug 15	0249		89.21 188 x 282 x 100.12
1966 Aug 16	2157		89.16 189 x 276 x 100.11
1966 Aug 17	2357?	SRV-1 ejected rev 115
1966 Aug 17	0034	SRV-1 recovered midair
		22 46N 168 02 W
1966 Aug 21		Rev 211 film supply depleted
1966 Aug 22	0003?	SRV-2 ejected rev 212
1966 Aug 23	0015	SRV-2 recovered midair
		22 31.0 N 165 58W
1966 Aug 31			89.0 185 x 246 x 100.1 (SSR)
1966 Sep 12		CORONA/Agena reentered

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