OPS 1561 (KH-5 9 / Argon 9, Corona 70, Mission 9058A), a CIA/NRO area-survey film-return photoreconnaissance satellite (~140 m resolution), with the Lampo 0.1 m² optical calibration target. Thor-DM21 Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted them on 29 August 1963 into LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 271 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 8 Thor SLV-2 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 29 August 1963, 20:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2 Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1963-035
- Launches in 1963
- 45th of 69
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