KH-4 16 (Corona 57 / Mission 9049), a U.S. NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual panoramic cameras and a recoverable film capsule. Thor Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it into LEO for Cold War imaging of the Soviet bloc.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 376 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 13 Thor Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 4 December 1962, 21:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-066
- Launches in 1962
- 74th of 81
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