KH-4A No.30 (Corona Mission 1030 / OPS 3488), a U.S. dual-camera film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg for wide-area NRO photographic intelligence collection.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 640 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 48th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 9 March 1966, 22:02 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
- 1966-018
- Launches in 1966
- 20th of 131
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