Corona 58

  1962-069

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Satellite 1962 BetaPhi was the 58th CORONA program launch and the 18th MURAL flight, KH-4 mission 9050. The CORONA 58 spacecraft used Agena FTV 1156. CORONA 58 carried the MURAL camera and a supplementary IR sensor and proton flux experiment; a nuclear emulsion experiment was carried in the SRV. The satellite flew in a 71 degree orbit; recovery was on rev 48 according to the Vandenberg data but rev 65 according to other sources including the NRO data, and the SRV was recovered in mid-air.

KH-4 Mission 9050
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Dec 14	2126:07	Launch by Thor Agena D	V Pad 5
	2128	Thor MECO (T+2:26)
	2128	Thor VECO (T+2:34)
	2128	Thor sep (T+2:41)	-5824? x 198 x 70
	2129	Agena burn (T+3:12)
	2133	Agena cutoff (T+7:13)	90.53 202 x 404 x 70.95 (VCR)
1962 Dec 15	0126		90.39 201 x 387 x 70.0
1962 Dec 16			90.3 200 x 386 x 70.0 (SATCAT)
1962 Dec 17	1932		90.43 199 x 392 x 70.97
1962 Dec 18	2325?	SRV deorbit rev 65
1962 Dec 19	0008	SRV recovered in mid-air, 23 50N 162 43W
1962 Dec 23	2010		90.09 195 x 362 x 71.0
1962 Dec 27	1900		89.85 193 x 336 x 71.0 (RAE)
1963 Jan 4	1155		89.01 177 x 274 x 71.0
1963 Jan 4	1200		89.08 178 x 274 x 71.0 (RAE)
1963 Jan			89.0 177 x 274 x 71.0 (SATCAT)
1963 Jan 8	2100?	CORONA 58/Agena D 1156 reentered