Discoverer 30

 1961-024A

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CORONA 30 carried the KH-3 camera on mission 9022. (The USGS web page and the Itek list give KH-3, the McDonald paper lists it as KH-2, however). The SRV was recovered in mid-air over the Pacific.

KH-3 Mission 9022
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Sep 12	1959	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	2001	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2001	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2001	Thor sep (T+2:42)
	2002	Agena burn (T+3:31)
	2006	Agena cutoff (T+7:31)
			241 x 554 x ? (VCR)
	2059		234 x 549 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 13	1355		92.34 220 x 558 x 82.6
1961 Sep 13	1430		92.40 235 x 546 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Sep 14	1911		234 x 545 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 14	2246?	SRV ejected rev 33
		SRV retrofire
	2320?	SRV mid air recovery by C-130
1961 Sep			92.3 219 x 557 x 82.5 (SATCAT)
1961 Sep 18	1400		92.26 220 x 550 x 82.6
1961 Sep 18		Deb Omega 2 reentered	90.7 219 x 399 x 82.5 (SATCAT,Omega2)
1961 Sep 28		Deb Omega 3 reentered	90.7 205 x 420 x 82.7 (SATCAT,Omega3)
1961 Sep 30	0243		92.05 231 x 518 x 82.7
1961 Nov 21	1200		90.4 213 x 373 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 1	0329		89.88 231 x 305 x 82.7
1961 Dec 5	1200		89.4 204 x 283 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 6	1026		89.21 189 x 281 x 82.6
1961 Dec 11	2200?	CORONA/Agena reentered