1962-027
The seventh MURAL mission saw the introduction of the Agena D upper stage, destined to be one of the most successful rockets in the early history of space exploration. The satellite carried a battery of scientific experiments for FISHBOWL studies in addition to the CORONA payload. Targets included the Baikonur cosmodrome. The SRV was recovered after 4 days, but the film suffered from corona static and the index camera did not work due to light leaks and overexposure.
| KH-4 Mission 9038 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Jun 28 | 0109 | Launch by Thor Agena D | V Pad 1 |
| 0111 | Thor MECO (T+2:29) | ||
| 0111 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) | ||
| 0111 | Thor sep (T+2:47) | ||
| 0113 | Agena burn (T+3:22) | ||
| 0116 | Agena D cutoff (T+7:22) | 211 x 722 x ? (VCR) | |
| 1962 Jun 28 | 0517 | 93.64 206 x 699 x 76.1 | |
| 1962 Jun 29 | 2019 | 93.56 207 x 690 x 76.0 | |
| 1962 Jul 1 | 1500? | End of GRD data | |
| 1962 Jul 2 | 0327? | SRV recovered on rev 63 | |
| 1962 Jul 3 | 1200 | 93.55 211 x 689 x 76.0 (RAE) | |
| 1962 Jul | 93.6 205 x 698 x 76.0 (SATCAT) | ||
| 1962 Jul 7 | 2144 | 93.34 202 x 673 x 76.1 | |
| 1962 Aug 20 | 0930 | 91.24 187 x 482 x 76.0 (RAE) | |
| 1962 Sep 8 | 0930 | 89.48 176 x 305 x 76.0 (RAE) | |
| 1962 Sep | 87.7 163 x 163 x 76.0 (SATCAT) | ||
| 1962 Sep 13 | 0754 | 87.74 162 x 162 x 76.0 | |
| 1962 Sep 14 | Reentered | ||
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