1963

1963 · United States Air Force

KH-4 24 & RM 5

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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