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KH-4A 1002
KH-4A 1002 was launched on September 23, 1963 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Oct 12, 1963).
COSPAR 1963-037ANORAD 668United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 1353
- Common name
- KH-4A 1002
- Payload designation
- CORONA J-2
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 1002:CM,CORONA 71:CA
- International designator
- 1963-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 668
- GCAT identifier
- S00668
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.052
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA J
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA KH-4A
Launch
- Date
- September 23, 1963 · 23:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-037Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 177 km
- Apogee
- 370 km
- Inclination
- 74.96°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- October 12, 1963
- Last known active
- Oct 4, 1963
- End of operations
- Oct 4, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 223 kg
- Dry mass
- 223 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,553 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9196266 (CC0).