Hexagon 7

 1973-088A

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Flight 7 repeated the orbital pattern of earlier missions, in a 160 x 260 km orbit.

HEXAGON 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Nov 10	2012?	Launch by Titan IIID	V SLC4E
		T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27
		T+1:55 SRM burnout
		T+1:55 SRM sep
		T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO
		T+4:16 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:16 Stage 2 burn
		T+5:05? Fairing sep
	2019?	T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO
	2020?	T+8:00 Stage 2 sep
			88.9 159 x 275 x 96.9
1973 Nov 24	2308?	SRV-1 deorbit
1973 Dec 17	2315?	SRV-2 deorbit
1974 Jan 1	1625		88.77 160 x 266 x 96.9
1974 Jan 7		Last mapping image (op 149)
1974 Jan 8	2335?	SRV-5 deorbit opp
1974 Jan 9	0010?	SRV-5 recovered
1974 Jan 9		DB-9 turned off
1974 Jan 11	0848		88.73 161 x 261 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1974 Jan 13	2329?	SRV-3 recovered
1974 Jan 28	0036		88.83 162 x 270 x 96.8
1974 Jan 30	1316		88.80 160 x 268 x 96.8
1974 Feb 1	2001		88.83 161 x 271 x 96.8
1974 Feb 6	0805		88.73 158 x 264 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1974 Feb 7	2104		88.87 165 x 271 x 96.8
1974 Feb 9	1134		88.68 161 x 257 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1974 Feb 10	1708		88.81 162 x 268 x 96.8
1974 Feb 11	0926		88.78 160 x 267 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1974 Feb 13	1908		88.86 162 x 273 x 96.8
1974 Feb 16	1048		88.67 157 x 259 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1974 Feb 17	0007		88.83 163 x 269 x 96.8
1974 Feb 20	2323?	SRV-4 recovered
	1029?	Orbit tweak
1974 Feb 25	1218		88.71 158 x 263 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1974 Feb 25	1813		88.88 161 x 276 x 96.8
1974 Feb 26	1924		88.91 160 x 281 x 96.8
1974 Feb 28			88.8 163 x 277 x 96.8 (SSR)
1974 Mar 1	0933		88.66 158 x 257 x 96.8
1971 Mar 2	0914		88.73 160 x 263 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1974 Mar 3	1918		88.94 160 x 283 x 96.8
1974 Mar 4	0839		88.89 160 x 278 x 96.8
1974 Mar 4	2158		88.67 161 x 255 x 96.8
		Orbit adjust
1974 Mar 6	0631		88.70 160 x 260 x 96.8
1974 Mar 8	1016		88.70 163 x 256 x 96.8
1974 Mar 12	2032		88.58 161 x 246 x 96.8
1974 Mar 13	0005?	Deboost over Pacific