Corona 82

  1964-037A

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Mission 1008-1 operated from 1964 Jul 10 to 13, followed by Mission 1008-2 from Jul 13 to 17. Both SRVs were recovered; the camera had some light leaks but the mission was considered successful. It identified 7 new missile sites and a possible nuclear reactor, and made observations of Egypt and French Polynesia.

KH-4A Mission 1008
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jul 10	2314:04	Launch by Thor Agena D
	2316	Castor sep (T+1:00)
	2317	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2317	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2317	Thor sep (T+2:43)
	2317	Agena burn (T+2:48)
	2321	Agena MECO (T+6:52)	91.04 183 x 483 x 84.98 (VCR)
1964 Jul 11	0143		90.96 187 x 456 x 85.0
1964 Jul 12	1236		90.93 176 x 464 x 85.0
1964 Jul 13	0930		91.00 180 x 461 x 85.0 (RAE)
1964 Jul 13	0950		90.91 177 x 460 x 85.0
1964 Jul 14	0131:03	SRV-1 ejected rev 49
	0131:13	Retro
	0131:25	T/C Sep
	0140:27	Main chute
1964 Jul 14	0205?	SRV-1 recovered
		SRV-2 activated
1964 Jul 18	0057	Fairing sep
1964 Jul 18	0058:16	SRV-2 ejected rev 112
	0058:26	Retro
	0058:38	T/C sep
	0108:29	Main chute
1964 Jul 18	0130?	SRV-2 recovered
1964 Jul 19	0514		90.77 174 x 450 x 85.0
1964 Jul 21	0708		90.57 176 x 429 x 85.0
1964 Aug 4	0400		88.86 164 x 272 x 85.0
1964 Aug 6	1145?	CORONA/Agena reentered