Mission record

Thor Agena D | KH-4 13 & RM 4

Thor Agena D· Space Launch Complex 2W· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 29 Sep 1962 23:34:50 GMT
Orbital launch #
#200 ever

Mission

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 13 carried the RM 4 radiometer payload (identical to RM 3) for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

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