Discoverer 18

  1960-018

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CORONA 18 was the first fully successful C' mission, KH-2 flight 9014. It was launched on 1960 Dec 7 and recovered after three days. The SRV also carried biological experiments and a radiation counter.

KH-2 Mission 9013
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Dec 7	2020:58	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	2023:27	Thor MECO (T+2:29)
	2023:36	Thor VECO (T+2:38)
	2023:49	Thor sep (T+2:51)
	2025:14	Agena burn (T+4:16)
	2029:09	Agena cutoff (T+8:11)
			246 x 703 x ? (VCR)
			93.66 243 x 661 x 81.5 (RAE)
	2255		241 x 665 x 81.49 (OE)
1960 Dec 8	0029		93.75 230 x 685 x 81.5
1960 Dec 8			241 x 665 x 81.49 (OE)
1960 Dec 8	1912		93.48 230 x 658 x 81.5
1960 Dec 9	0301		93.57 230 x 667 x 81.5
1960 Dec 10	0226		241 x 661 x 81.49 (OE)
1960 Dec 10	2315?	SRV deorbit, rev 48
	2243		241 x 659 x 81.49 (OE)
1960 Dec 10	2344	SRV recovered in midair, rev 48
1960 Dec 11	0149		93.53 230 x 664 x 81.5
1960 Dec 28	1344		93.03 227 x 618 x 81.5
1961 Feb 5	1900		92.0 233 x 510 x 81.48 (RAE)
1961			89.6 143 x 366 x 81.5 (SATCAT)
1961 Mar 3	0539		91.20 230 x 436 x 81.48
1961 Mar 29	0000		89.49 205 x 291 x 81.5 (RAE)
1961 Mar 30	2111		89.08 179 x 278 x 81.48
1961 Apr 2	1900?	CORONA/Agena reentered

Payload:

• Agena 1103

• Model C' Camera C'-3

• Satellite Recovery Vehicle