KH-4 15 (Corona 56 / Mission 9048), a U.S. NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite on an Agena-B bus with dual panoramic cameras and SRV. Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg placed it in LEO; some film was exposed through the base during the mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 396 kg
- Flight
- 39th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 24 November 1962, 22:00 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
- 1962-065
- Launches in 1962
- 73rd of 81
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