Club Management: June-July 1991

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Corona 51

  1962-046

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KH-4 Mission 9043 was launched by Thor Agena B on 1962 Sep 17. It entered a high apogee 207 x 670 km x 81.9 deg orbit compared to the planned 207 x 446 km x 82.6 deg one. The SRV was recovered after a one day flight as a test of improvements to the recovery procedure. The capping shutter had malfunctioned and there was slight corona and radiation fog on the photos but the photos were of satisfactory quality.

KH-4 Mission 9043
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Sep 17	2346:18	Launch by Thor Agena B	V Pad 4
	2348	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2348	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2348	Thor sep (T+2:46)
	2349	Agena burn (T+3:13)
	2353	Agena cutoff (T+7:16)	93.32 207 x 670 x 81.76 (VCR)
		ERS 2 failed to separate
1962 Sep 18	0046		93.37 201 x 677 x 81.87
1962 Sep  19			93.3 204 x 668 x 81.8 (SATCAT)
1962 Sep 19	0210?	SRV sep after 1.10d, rev 17
	0255	SRV recovered from air
1962 Sep 19	1059		93.20 196 x 672 x 81.83
1962 Sep 20	1200		93.33 204 x 668 x 81.84
1962 Sep 21	0631		93.12 192 x 662 x 81.83
1962 Oct 17	1430		91.87 196 x 533 x 81.84
1962 Nov 7	1430		90.09 191 x 363 x 81.84
1962 Nov 12			88.1 179 x 179 x 81.8 (SATCAT)
1962 Nov 17	2340		88.06 178 x 178 x 81.83
1962 Nov 19	0400?	CORONA/Agena reentered