OPS 1419 (KH-4A 1 / Corona 69, Mission 1001), the first KH-4A Corona film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual J-1 panoramic cameras and two recovery capsules for longer missions. Thor-SLV2A Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it on 25 August 1963 into polar LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 664 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 25 August 1963, 00:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1963-034
- Launches in 1963
- 44th of 69
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