KH-5 5 (Argon 5 / Corona Mission 9034A / FTV-1126), a U.S. film-return area-survey mapping reconnaissance satellite launched on a Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg; one of only two Argon missions that returned usable imagery (~140 m resolution).
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 324 kg
- Flight
- 27th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 15 May 1962, 19:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-018
- Launches in 1962
- 22nd of 81
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