Corona 62

 1963-007A

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KH-4 Mission 9053 flew a 3 day mission at 75 degrees and was successfully recovered in mid-air with the best imagery to date. Recovery was commanded early because of a power amplifier failure. 

KH-4 Mission 9053
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Apr 1	2301:00	Launch by Thor Agena D	V
	2303	Thor MECO (T+2:26)
	2303	Thor VECO (T+2:35)
	2303	Thor sep (T+2:41)
	2304	Agena burn (T+3:13)
	2307:16	Agena D 1160 MECO (T+7:16)	90.65 205 x 413 x 75.4 (VCR)
1963 Apr 2	0000		90.66 201 x 408 x 75.40 (RAE)
1963 Apr 2	0301		90.60 198 x 409 x 75.0
	2239		90.52 204 x 396 x 75.4
1963 Apr 3			90.5 198 x 408 x 74.9 (SATCAT)
1963 Apr 4	0923		90.51 195 x 403 x 75.34
1963 Apr 5	0058?	SRV sep, deorbit rev 48
1963 Apr 5	0139	SRV recovered after 3.08d
1963 Apr 8	0826		90.31 198 x 381 x 76.25
1963 Apr 10	0930		90.28 198 x 367 x 75.4 (RAE)
1963 Apr 17			88.7 193 x 231 x 75.4 (SATCAT)
1963 Apr 23		88.73 192 x 231 x 75.4
1963 Apr 26	2100?	CORONA/Agena 1160 reentered