Wednesday, March 20, 1985

Ferret 7

 1964-072A


The seventh launch appears to have completed the initial batch of Ferret missions, which were all launched from pad 75-3-5 into 82 degree orbits, with Agena serial numbers in the 2300 series. This vehicle was Agena SS-01A No. 2317, with a mass of 1526 kg. It carried a digital payload operating in the Group 3 frequency bands.


OPS 3062
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Nov 4  0212:11  Launch by TA Thor Agena D  
 0213:16  Castor sep (T+1:05) 
 0214:38  Thor MECO (T+2:27) 
 0214:47  Thor VECO (T+2:36) 
 0214:54  Thor sep (T+2:43) 
 0215:33  Agena burn (T+3:22) 
 0219:29  Agena MECO (T+7:18)  
 0310?  Agena burn 2 
 0310?  Agena burn MECO-2  95.03 518 x 536 x 82.04 (VCR) 
1964 Nov 5  0230  95.1 512 x 526 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1964 Nov 8   End of operations 
1968 Jan 11  1200   94.21 477 x 485 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1968 Dec 16  0000   93.32 431 x 442 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1969 Nov 5  1452? Reentered 

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