OPS 3236 (KH-5 Argon mission 9065A), a U.S. NRO film-return cartographic mapping satellite carrying the Starflash 1A experiment. Thrust-Augmented Thor Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it into LEO on 13 June 1964; the recovery vehicle returned successfully.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 420 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 17th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 13 June 1964, 15:47 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
- 1964-030
- Launches in 1964
- 37th of 100
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