KH-5 7 (Argon 7 / Corona Mission 9046A / FTV 1134), 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
- 297 kg
- Flight
- 37th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 9 October 1962, 18:35 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
- 1962-053
- Launches in 1962
- 60th of 81
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