Friday, September 30, 1988

Corona 100

 1965-074A


KH-4A Mission 1024 was launched on 1965 Sep 22, and was the 100th launch of the CORONA program since Discoverer I in 1959. Mission 1024-1 and 1024-2 lasted 5 days each and were both successfully recovered from the spacecraft's 80 degree orbit. 


KH-4A Mission 1024 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Sep 22  2131:14 Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D  V PALC 1 Pad 1 
 2132:14 Castor sep (T+1:00) 
 2133:42  Thor MECO (T+2:28) 
 2133:51  Thor VECO (T+2:37) 
 2133:58  Thor sep (T+2:44) 
 2134:03  Agena burn (T+2:49) 
 2138:11  Agena MECO (T+6:57)  90.16 180 x 386 x 80.06 (VCR) 
1965 Sep 25 0000  90.04 191 x 364 x 80.0 (RAE) 
1965 Sep 25  0132   90.03 191 x 360 x 80.1 
1965 Sep 27  2305? SRV-1 ejected on rev 81 
1965 Sep 27 2340? SRV-1 recovered 
 25 58N 155 44W 
1965 Sep 28   Cameras shut down rev 88, zombie  
  Zombie mode rev 89 
  Reactivated rev 90  
1965 Sep 28   Cameras reactivated rev 93 
1965 Sep 29  1503   89.86 172 x 362 x 80.0 
1965 Sep 30    90.1 181 x 359 x 80.1 (SSR) 
1965 Oct 1  0431   89.81 174 x 356 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 2 2255?  SRV-2 ejected on rev 161 
1965 Oct 2  2335? SRV-2 recovered 
  24 52N 165 42W 
1965 Oct 5  0418   89.66 175 x 340 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 9  1957   88.69 164 x 254 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 11   CORONA/Agena reentered 

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