FTV-1132 (KH-5 Argon 6 / Corona Mission 9042A), a CIA/NRO film-return mapping reconnaissance satellite for geodetic area survey. Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg lofted it on 1 September 1962; the recovery capsule's parachute tore free and the film was lost.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 304 kg
- Flight
- 34th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 1 September 1962, 20:39 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
- 1962-044
- Launches in 1962
- 51st of 81
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