1962 · United States Air Force

KH-4 13 & RM 4

successThor Agena D | KH-4 13 & RM 4

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 13 carried the RM 4 radiometer payload (identical to RM 3) for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Overview

Date / time: September 29, 1962 at 11:34 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2W
Mission: KH-4 13 & RM 4
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

FTV 1154

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