Launch Overview
Vehicle
Thor SLV-2 Agena D
Agency
United States Air Force
Site / Pad
PA / LC1-1
Outcome
Success
Flight
406/1172
COSPAR Designator
1963-048
Mission
KH-4 25 (Government/Top Secret)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Thor SLV-2 Agena D
Provider
United States Air Force
Agency launches
171 (45 YTD)
Site launches
113 (31 YTD)
Pad launches
10 (1 YTD)