1963

1963 · United States Air Force

KH-4 25

successThor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-4 25

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 27, 1963 at 09:15 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 3W
Mission
KH-4 25
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1