Sunday, August 5, 1990

Samos 14

 1969-065A


Ferret 14 was launched in 1969. The second STRAWMAN carried the standard THRESHER and REAPER payloads and the second CONVOY ABM study payload. CONVOY II (Mission 7239) was targeted at TI (technical intelligence) on DOG HOUSE, HEN HOUSE and the still-classified advanced ABM signal.


OPS 8285 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Jul 31  1019  Launch by LTTA Thor Agena D  
 1020? Castor II SRMs sep (T+1:42?) 
 1022?  Thor MECO (T+3:37?) 
 1022? Thor VECO (T+3:46?) 
 1022?  Thor sep (T+3:52?) 
 1022?  Agena burn (T+3:58?) 
 1027?  Agena MECO (T+8:00?)  -100? x 483 x 75.0 
 1049? Agena MES-2 
 1049? Agena MECO-2 
1969 Aug 1  1058   94.63 460 x 540 x 75.0 
1969 Oct 13   Wideband recorder failed, EOB mode only 
1970 Feb 1    94.40 454 x 524 x 75.0 
1970 Aug 23   THRESHER and REAPER turned off 
  In caretaker status 
1971 Jul 26   Battery 2 failed 
1971 Jul 27   Switched off by command from Guam after 725 days 
1973 Jan 3    88.41 190 x 201 x 75.0

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