OPS 2921 (KH-4A Corona mission 1005), a U.S. NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Thrust-Augmented Thor Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it into LEO on 27 April 1964, but film breakage, Agena power loss, and a failed SRV separation left the capsule to reenter over Venezuela with unusable imagery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 593 kg
- Flight
- 15th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 27 April 1964, 23:23 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
- 1964-022
- Launches in 1964
- 28th of 100
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