KH-4 6 (Corona 44 / Mission 9037 / FTV-1129), an NRO/CIA film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual panoramic cameras. Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg lofted it into LEO for Cold War imaging; the recovery capsule was successfully retrieved.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 331 kg
- Flight
- 31st
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 23 June 1962, 00:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-026
- Launches in 1962
- 32nd of 81
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