OPS 1370 (KH-6 3 / Lanyard 3, Corona 68, Mission 8003), the only KH-6 high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance mission that returned imagery (poor quality). Thor-SLV2A Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it on 31 July 1963; Lanyard was then cancelled for KH-7 Gambit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 641 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 31 July 1963, 00:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1963-032
- Launches in 1963
- 41st of 69
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