1963 · United States Air Force
KH-4 24 & RM 5
failureThor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-4 24 & RM 5
The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 9, 1963 at 08:27 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Mission
- KH-4 24 & RM 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit