Corona 39

  1962-011A

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KH-4 Mission 9032 was launched on 1962 Apr 18 by Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. This was the first of the lower inclination CORONA flights, at 73.5 degrees. After launch an Agena telemetry link was lost and it was decided to recover the capsule early. The SRV was recovered over the Pacific after 2 days. The film from 9032 showed images of Sacramento airport which allowed two-engined and four-engined aircraft to be distinguished and was just able to detect automobiles.

KH-4 Mission 9032
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Apr 18	0053:47	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	0056	Thor MECO (T+2:26)
	0056	Thor VECO (T+2:34)
	0056	Thor sep (T+2:41)
	0057	Agena burn (T+3:14)
	0101	Agena cutoff (T+7:11)	209 x 515 x ? (VCR)
1962 Apr			91.6 158 x 540 x 73.5 (SATCAT)
1962 Apr 19	0220		91.59 201 x 504 x 73.50
1962 Apr 20	0317?	SRV ejected on rev 33
	0404	SRV recovered in mid air
1962 Apr 20		Lambda2 reentered
1962 Apr 21		Lambda3,Lambda4 reentered
1962 Apr 22		End of transmissions
1962 Apr 23	1922		91.52 155 x 543 x 73.53
1962 May 1	1430		90.9 200 x 441 x 73.48 (RAE)
1962 May 17	1200		89.5 198 x 297 x 73.45 (RAE)
1962 May			88.1 180 x 181 x 73.6 (SATCAT)
1962 May 22	1710		88.10 180 x 180 x 73.56
1962 May 28		CORONA/Agena reentered

Payload:

• Agena 1124

• KH-4 MURAL camera system M-2
  • Panoramic cameras (2)
  • Index camera 

• Satellite recovery vehicle