1964-075A
KH-4A Mission 1014 was launched on 1964 Nov 18 by Thrust Augmented Thor Agena D from Vandenberg into a 70 degree orbit for coverage of Cuba. The cameras operated successfully and both SRVs were successfully recovered. CORONA 89 also carried the USAF Cambridge Research Labs (AFCRL) ORBIS ionospheric beacon, which extended a 7.5 meter antenna transmitting at 10 MHz (there were also 5 and 0.19 MHz beacons which failed to operate). Launch was 4 hours earlier than normal to provide coverage of `certain areas' at times of long shadows. The mission carried an experimental filter set and smaller slits and included imagery of the Balkans and Zaire.
| KH-4A Mission 1014 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Nov 18 | 2035:54 | Launch by TAT Agena D | V |
| 2036:59 | Castor sep (T+1:05) | ||
| 2038:26 | Thor MECO (T+2:32) | ||
| 2038:35 | Thor VECO (T+2:41) | ||
| 2038:42 | Thor sep (T+2:48) | ||
| 2038:47 | Agena burn (T+2:53) | ||
| 2042:50 | Agena MECO (T+6:56) | 89.77 189 x 369 x 70.04 (VCR) | |
| 1964 Nov 19 | 0932 | 89.70 182 x 336 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Nov 20 | 0030 | 89.71 176 x 344 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Nov 21 | 0754 | 89.69 177 x 340 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Nov 21 | 1700 | 89.71 180 x 339 x 70.02 | |
| 1964 Nov 23 | 2140? | SRV-1 ejected rev 81 | |
| 1964 Nov 23 | 2217 | SRV-1 recovered | |
| 1964 Nov 24 | 0739 | 89.62 176 x 335 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Nov 27 | 1916 | 89.52 175 x 327 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Nov 27 | 2115? | SRV-2 ejected rev 145 | |
| 1964 Nov 27 | 2151 | SRV-2 recovered | |
| 1964 Nov 30 | 0657 | 89.44 177 x 316 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Dec 1 | End of transmissions | ||
| 1964 Dec 3 | 0450 | 88.93 167 x 276 x 70.0 | |
| 1964 Dec 6 | Reentered after 17.45d | ||
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