1964-024A
Mission 4308, KH-7 no. 8 was launched on 1964 May 19 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello. The Agena D 4806 stage was not separately cataloged. The orbit was lower than planned when the Agena lost roll control and fired in the wrong direction. The spacecraft separated but the OCV had problems with its on-board systems. Initial orbit was 106 x 352 km; a burn on rev 2 raised perigee to 167 km (or 146 km per the TLE). Starting on Rev 16 the vehicle was unstable. However, 52 targets were observed.
The low orbit provided improved models of atmospheric density in the 90-130 km altitude range, which were quietly released via NASA without explanation of their derivation.
| KH-7 8 (SV 958) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 May 19 | 1921:14 | Launch by Atlas Agena D | NMFPA |
| 1923:30 | BECO (T+2:16) | ||
| 1925:48 | SECO (T+4:34) | ||
| 1926:05 | VECO (T+4:51) | ||
| 1926:07 | Atlas sep (T+4:53) | ||
| 1927:06 | Agena burn (T+5:52) | ||
| 1931:08 | Agena MECO (T+9:54) | 88.2 106 x 352 x 101.0 (VCR) | |
| Agena 4806 sep from OCV | |||
| Agena 4806 reentered? | |||
| 1964 May 20 | 0217 | OCV orbit | 89.83 146 x 386 x 101.2 |
| 1964 May 20 | 1700 | OCV orbit | 89.69 141 x 380 x 101.12 (RAE) |
| 1964 May | OCV orbit | 89.8 148 x 285 x 101.2 (SATCAT) | |
| 1964 May 21 | Rev 16 last image | ||
| 1964 May 21 | 1107 | OCV orbit | 88.85 98 x 337 x 101.0 |
| 1964 May 21 | 2157? | SRV deorbit | |
| 2232? | SRV recovered on Rev 34 | ||
| 1964 May 22 | 0453 | 88.57 163 x 244 x 101.1 | |
| 1964 May 22 | 1700? | Reentered after 2.9d | |
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