Monday, June 22, 1981

Corona 70

  1963-035A


Agena D spacecraft 1169 was used for KH-5 Mission 9058A. As well as the ARGON mapping camera, 9058A carried a cosmic ray detector and a subsatellite listed in the SATCAT as `0.1 SQ METER TARGET'. ARGON 9 was launched on 1963 Aug 29 by a Thor Agena D from Vandenberg. Orbital mass was 1201 kg. The SRV was recovered in mid-air after 3 days of flight completing the most successful ARGON flight so far.


KH-5 Mission 9058A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Aug 29  2031:04  Launch by Thor Agena D  V Pad 5 
 2033  Thor MECO (T+2:27) 
 2033  Thor VECO (T+2:36) 
 2033  Thor sep (T+2:40) 
 2034  Agena burn (T+3:09) 
 2038:16  Agena MECO (T+7:12)  90.8 301 x 334 x 81.8 (VCR) 
1963 Aug 29?  Deploy target subsatellite  92.0 315 x 422 x 81.9 (SATCAT, 35B) 
1963 Aug 30  0332   90.69 280 x 336 x 81.8 
1963 Aug 31  1854   90.68 296 x 319 x 81.9 
1963 Sep 1  2107?  SRV deorbit rev 48  
 2142?  SRV recovered over Pacific after 3.1d
1963 Sep 1   Deb 1963-35D reentered 
1963 Sep 2   Deb 1963-35C reentered 
1963 Sep 2  2250?  SRV deorbit rev 65 
 2330  SRV recovered  
1963 Sep 3  0000   90.80 292 x 324 x 81.9 (RAE) 
1963 Sep 3  0123   90.68 291 x 324 x 81.9 
1963 Oct 22  0230   90.00 261 x 287 x 81.9 (RAE) 
1963    87.9 165 x 165 x 81.9 (SATCAT) 
1963 Nov 5  0754   88.48 199 x 199 x 81.9 
1963 Nov 7  1200?  CORONA 70/Agena 1169 reentered 

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