OPS 5325 (KH-4A mission 1025 / Corona 101), a U.S. NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual recovery capsules. Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-2W lofted it into LEO on 5 October 1965; main cameras operated satisfactorily before reentry on 29 October.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 615 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 41st
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 5 October 1965, 17:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1965-079
- Launches in 1965
- 89th of 124
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