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KH-6 8003
U.S. reconnaissance satellite. KH-6 8003 was launched on July 31, 1963 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Aug 12, 1963).
COSPAR 1963-032ANORAD 626United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 1370
- Common name
- KH-6 8003
- Payload designation
- LANYARD 3
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 8003:CM,CORONA 68:CA
- International designator
- 1963-032A
- NORAD catalog number
- 626
- GCAT identifier
- S00626
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.047
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LANYARD
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA LANYARD
Launch
- Date
- July 31, 1963 · 00:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-032Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 168 km
- Apogee
- 467 km
- Inclination
- 74.90°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- August 12, 1963
- Last known active
- Aug 2, 1963
- End of operations
- Aug 2, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 472 kg
- Dry mass
- 472 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,574 kg
- Length
- 3.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 3.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9196263 (CC0).