Corona 76

  1964-008A

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KH-4A Mission 1004 was the first fully successful twin-bucket flight. Agena vehicle 1174 replaced 1170 on the Thor booster after a failed countdown on 1964 Jan 20. It was launched by TAT Agena D into a 179 x 446 km orbit with an inclination of 75 degrees on 1964 Feb 15. The second bucket was recovered on Feb 23 and Agena 1174 reentered on Mar 9. The mission was successful, with minor film degradation due to static and light leaks. 

KH-4A Mission 1004
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Feb 15	2138:24	Launch by TAT Agena D	V Pad 4
		SRM burnout T+0:40
	2139	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	2140	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2140	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2140	Thor sep (T+2:40)
	2140	Agena burn (T+2:48)
	2144	Agena MECO (T+6:54)	90.42 186 x 463 x 75.03 (VCR)
1964 Feb 16	0138		90.80 187 x 441 x 75.1
1964 Feb 17	1701		90.76 179 x 446 x 74.9
1964 Feb 17	1900		90.86 179 x 445 x 75.0 (RAE)
1964 Feb 18	2349:39	SRV-1 ejected rev 49
	2349:49	Retro
	2350:01	T/C sep
	2359:12	Main parachute deployed
1964 Feb 19	0025	SRV-1 recovered	-60? x 250? x 74.9
		Rev 49D, first 1004-2 photos
1964 Feb 20	2043		90.76 175 x 449 x 74.9
1964 Feb 22	2309	Fairing ejected
1964 Feb 22	2310:00	SRV-2 ejected rev 112
	2310:10	Retro
	2310:22	T/C sep
	2319:38	Main para
1964 Feb 22	2346	SRV-2 recovered	-60? x 250? x 74.9
1964 Feb 26	0512		90.39 170 x 408 x 75.0
1964 Feb 27	2323		90.20 178 x 391 x 75.0
1964 Mar 5	1200		89.5 165 x 324 x 75.0 (RAE)
1964 Mar 6	1107		89.15 162 x 303 x 75.0
1964 Mar 9	2200?	CORONA/Agena reentered

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Ferret 5

 1964-011A

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The 5th Ferret was FTV 2316, launched out of sequence before 2315. It was the first to use the Thrust Augmented Thor Agena D rocket which now became standard for the program. The vehicle used a longer fairing, with a 1.4m cylindrical section instead of 0.6m as measured from photographs (probably 30 inches longer). It carried the first wideband analog payload, possibly a Group 2-A, and operated for 12 days. A secondary payload was an interferometer, BIRD DOG.

FTV 2316 (OPS 3722)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Feb 28	0320	Launch by TA Thor Agena D	V Pad 5
	0321	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	0322	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	0322	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	0322	Thor sep (T+2:40)
	0322	Agena burn (T+2:48)
	0326	Agena MECO (T+6:54)
	0416	Agena burn 2 (T+56:45s)
	0416	Agena MECO (T+56:47s)	94.74 503 x 534 x 82.2 (VCR)
1964 Feb 28	0727		94.61 486 x 513 x 82.0
1964 Feb 29	0230		94.74 479 x 520 x 82.0 (RAE)
1964 Mar 11		End of operations
1964 Mar 13		End of BIRD DOG operations
1964 Mar 16			94.59 486 x 511 x 82.1
1964 Mar 30			94.65 495 x 508 x 82.1
1966 Oct 7	0300		94.45 485 x 499 x 82.1 (RAE)
1968 Jan 10	1700		93.59 444 x 456 x 82.1 (RAE)
1969 Feb 19	0126?	Reentered

Kosmos 364

  1970-075A

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Kosmos-364 was the third Zenit-4MK flight from Plesetsk at 65.4 deg. The mission was recovered after 10 days with the Kettering group detecting a TF beacon. 

Kosmos-364
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Sep 22	1300:01	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1304	Blok-I burn
	1308	Blok-I sep
	1714		89.65 205 x 308 x 65.4
1970 Sep 24	1403		89.49 199 x 299 x 65.4
1970 Sep 27	0611		89.45 200 x 293 x 65.4
1970 Sep		Orbit raise
1970 Sep 30	1740		89.55 188 x 315 x 65.6
1970 Oct 1	1134		89.49 195 x 303 x 65.4
1970 Oct 1	1200?	Engine sep
1970 Oct 2	0654?	Retrofire
	0704?	PO sep
	0710?	Entry
	0725?	Landed after 9.76d