FTV-1153 (KH-4 11 / Corona Mission 9044), a CIA/NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual panoramic cameras for area search. Thor DM-21 Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it on 29 August 1962; attitude-control problems limited imaging though the film capsule returned.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 344 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 13 Thor Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 29 August 1962, 01:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-042
- Launches in 1962
- 49th of 81
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