Hexagon 3

  1972-052A

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The third HEXAGON mission lasted more than twice as long as the second. A total of 15 orbit raising burns were made, maintaining an orbit with a 170 km perigee and an apogee from 225 to 260 km.

HEXAGON 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Jul 7	1746	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
	1753	T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO
	1754	T+8:00 Stage 2 sep
	1917?	Subsat ejected	166 x 500? x 96.1
	2309		88.72 172 x 249 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Jul 10	1741		88.74 175 x 249 x 96.9
1972 Jul 13	1938		88.60 172 x 238 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Jul 15	0240		88.70 174 x 245 x 96.9
1972 Jul 15	2100?	SRV-1 recovered rev 132
1972 Jul 17	1943		88.56 170 x 236 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Jul 18	1753		88.73 176 x 247 x 96.9
1972 Jul 21	2118		88.59 171 x 237 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Jul 22	1630		88.74 172 x 251 x 96.9
1972 Jul 25	1103		88.58 169 x 238 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Jul 26	1033		88.78 172 x 256 x 96.9
1972 Jul 29		SRV-2 recovered rev 359
1972 Jul 31	1155		88.52 166 x 235 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1750		88.76 178 x 247 x 96.9
1972 Aug 5	0712		88.45 171 x 223 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1733		88.81 178 x 252 x 96.9
1972 Aug 10	1124		88.50 169 x 230 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1848		88.74 180 x 244 x 96.9
1972 Aug 12	2010?	SRV-3 recovered rev 586
1972 Aug 15	0514		88.50 174 x 226 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Aug 17	0434		88.69 170 x 248 x 96.9
1972 Aug 20	0458		88.47 168 x 229 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
1972 Aug 21	0309		88.76 173 x 253 x 96.9
1972 Aug 25	0444		88.59 168 x 232 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1632		88.80 184 x 246 x 96.9
1972 Aug 30	0130		88.48 173 x 224 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1745		88.87 176 x 260 x 96.9
1972 Sep 2	2018?	SRV-4 recovered rev 924
1972 Sep 4	1138		88.38 161 x 227 x 96.9
		Orbit raise
	1732		88.77 181 x 245 x 96.9
1972 Sep 7	1203		88.48 171 x 226 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1972 Sep 8	1902		88.83 181 x 252 x 96.8
1972 Sep 11	1208		88.60 170 x 239 x 96.8
		Orbit raise
1972 Sep 12	1909		88.85 185 x 249 x 96.8
1972 Sep 13	1424		88.72 188 x 233 x 96.8
	2056?	Deboost, rev 1104
	2120?	Reentry, rev 1105