Saturday, September 20, 1986
Thursday, September 18, 1986
Corona 114
1967-002A
KH-4A Mission 1038 was launched on 1967 Jan 14 by TAT Agena D from Vandenberg into an 80 degree orbit. Mission 1038-1 was completed on Jan 19 after 5 days, and Mission 1038-2 ran from Jan 19 to Jan 26 for a duration of 7 days. Both SRVs were recovered and the image quality was recorded as fair to poor, possibly due to atmospheric factors.
| KH-4A Mission 1038 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Jan 14 | 2128:21 | Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D | V SLC3W |
| 2128:18 | Launch (PerfER) | ||
| 2129:17 | Castor sep (T+0:56) | ||
| 2130:51 | Thor MECO (T+2:30) | ||
| 2130:59 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) | ||
| 2131:05 | Thor sep (T+2:44) | ||
| 2131:11 | Agena burn (T+2:50) | ||
| 2136:14 | Agena MECO (T+7:53) | 90.18 185 x 390 x 80.00 (VCR) | |
| 1967 Jan 14 | 2356 | 90.12 180 x 381 x 80.1 | |
| 1967 Jan 15 | 1327 | 90.08 177 x 379 x 80.1 | |
| 1967 Jan 15 | 1430 | 90.13 180 x 380 x 80.07 (RAE) | |
| 1967 Jan 16 | 2230 | 90.05 178 x 375 x 80.08 | |
| 1967 Jan 19 | 2305? | SRV-1 ejected rev 81 | |
| 2331 | Recovered midair (PerfR) | ||
| 1967 Jan 19 | 2343 | SRV-1 recovered (PER) | |
| 26 03.0N 155 54.0W | |||
| 1967 Jan 20 | 1633 | 89.93 176 x 366 x 80.07 | |
| 1967 Jan 23 | 0600 | 89.82 175 x 356 x 80.1 | |
| 2359 | 89.80 175 x 353 x 80.1 | ||
| 1967 Jan 26 | 1620 | 89.68 172 x 338 x 80.1 | |
| 1967 Jan 26 | 2248? | SRV-2 ejected rev 193 | |
| 1967 Jan 26 | 2327 | SRV-2 recovered (PER) | |
| 2338 | Recovered midar (PerfR) | ||
| 23 43.0N 169 01.0W | |||
| 1967 Jan 28 | 0543 | 89.62 172 x 338 x 80.1 | |
| 1967 Feb 1 | 2238 | 88.13 146 x 217 x 80.1 | |
| 1967 Feb 2 | 1430?? | CORONA/Agena reentered | |
Tuesday, September 16, 1986
Corona 128
1968-078A
KH-4A Mission 1048 was launched by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg on 1968 Sep 18. Both SRVs were recovered but the forward camera failed on mission 1048-2 during pass 181D. The mission carried at least 7 DMU rockets, possibly of a modified design; the first was used as planned to achieve the nominal orbit; the next three were used to maintain orbital height; and the last three were fired retrograde and used to test out the Thiokol motors. DMU 6 and 7 were 3000 lb-s; the remaindeer were 2000 lb-s versions.
| KH-4A Mission 1048 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Sep 18 | 2132 | Launch by LTTAT Agena D | V |
| 2131 | Launch (PerfER) | ||
| 2133 | Castor sep | ||
| 2135 | Thor sep | ||
| 2136 | Agena burn | ||
| 2140 | Agena MECO | ||
| 2306? | Subsatellite ejected | ||
| 1968 Sep 18 | 2059 | 90.11 166 x 393 x 83.0 | |
| DMU burn 1 rev 4 | |||
| 1968 Sep 19 | 1632 | 90.16 175 x 389 x 83.0 | |
| 1968 Sep 19 | 90.12 167 x 393 x 83.0 (RAE) | ||
| 1968 Sep 20 | 0604 | 90.17 182 x 383 x 83.0 | |
| 1968 Sep 22 | DMU burn 2 rev 56 | ||
| 1968 Sep 25 | 0023 | 90.19 177 x 390 x 83.0 | |
| 1968 Sep 27 | 1532 | 90.10 176 x 382 x 83.0 | |
| 1968 Sep 27 | DMU burn 3 rev 136 | ||
| 2331? | SRV-1 ejected | ||
| 1968 Sep 28 | 0010 | SRV-1 recovered rev 145; 23 38N 169 07W | |
| 0015 | SRV-1 recovered (PerfR) 23 38 N 169 07 W | ||
| 1968 Sep 30 | 90.1 178 x 391 x 83.0 (SSR) | ||
| 1968 Oct 2 | 2224? | SRV-2 ejected rev 224 | |
| 1968 Oct 2 | 2305 | SRV-2 recovered 17 34N 160 49W | |
| 1968 Oct 2 | 2330? | DMU burn 4 rev 225 | |
| 1968 Oct 3 | DMU burn 5 rev 229, retro 6m/s | ||
| 1968 Oct 3 | 0951 | 89.49 168 x 331 x 83.1 | |
| DMU burn 6 rev 233, retro 9m/s | |||
| 1968 Oct 3 | DMU burn 7 rev 238, retro 9m/s | ||
| 1968 Oct 5 | 2258 | 88.91 167 x 274 x 83.0 | |
| 1968 Oct 8 | Reentered | ||