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3 May 1966, 19:25 UTC

KH-4A 32

Thor SLV-2A Agena DVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Drawing of the Thor SLV-2A Agena D for KH-4A 32

OPS 1508 (KH-4A Corona mission 1032), a U.S. NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg on 3 May 1966 failed to achieve orbit, destroying the KH-4A payload and both film recovery capsules.

Outcome
Failure
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
Did not reach orbit
Flight
50th
of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
Date and time
3 May 1966, 19:25 UTC
Builder
McDonnell Douglas
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload
Government/Top Secret
Launches in 1966
41st of 131