OPS 0720 (KH-4 20 / Corona Mission 9053), a CIA/NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual panoramic cameras for area search. Thor DM-21 Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it on 1 April 1963; the SRV-609 recovery capsule was successfully recovered.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 375 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 13 Thor Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 1 April 1963, 23:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1963-007
- Launches in 1963
- 10th of 69
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