1964-071A
CORONA 88 was launched on 1964 Nov 2 into an 80 degree orbit. Mass was 1678 kg. The main cameras performed erratically and were shut down on rev 52, with about 65 percent of the aft camera film out of focus on SRV 1013-1. (However, a CIA memo in Mar 1965 claimed the payload was operating normally despite some telemetry problems and the USAF had shut down the cameras on Rev 6 over CIA objections). The second SRV was also recovered, but since the panoramic cameras had not been operating during its mission no data was obtained except for 102 index camera frames and a few pan frames left over from rev 52 in the first part of the mission.
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| KH-4A Mission 1013 |
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 1964 Nov 2 | 2130:20 | Launch by TAT Agena D | V 75-3 Pad 4 |
| | 2131:25 | Castor sep (T+1:05) |
| | 2132:46 | Thor MECO (T+2:26) |
| | 2132:55 | Thor VECO (T+2:35) |
| | 2133:02 | Thor sep (T+2:42) |
| | 2133:07 | Agena burn (T+2:47) |
| | 2137:08 | Agena MECO (T+6:48) | 90.85 184 x 455 x 79.98 (VCR) |
| 1964 Nov 3 | 0130 | | 90.79 190 x 436 x 80.0 |
| 1964 Nov 3 | 1430 | | 90.70 180 x 448 x 79.95 (RAE) |
| | 1507 | | 90.77 180 x 444 x 80.0 |
| 1964 Nov 4 | 0445 | | 90.76 186 x 437 x 80.0 |
| 1964 Nov 6 | | Cameras shut down |
| 1964 Nov 7 | 0004:22 | SRV-1 ejected |
| | 0004:32 | Retro |
| | 0012 | Chute deployed |
| 1964 Nov 7 | 0030? | SRV-1 recovered, orbit 65 |
| 1964 Nov 7 | 2351:23 | SRV-2 ejected |
| | 2351:33 | Retro |
| 1964 Nov 8 |
| | 0000:14 | Chute deployed |
| | 0030? | SRV-2 recovered, orbit 81 |
| 1964 Nov 8 | 1438 | | 90.66 182 x 432 x 80.0 |
| 1964 Nov 13 | | end of ops |
| 1964 Nov 25 | 1928 | | 88.82 164 x 267 x 80.0 |
| 1964 Nov 28 | 0530? | CORONA/Agena reentered |
