KH-4B Corona (Mission 1103, OPS 1419 / Corona 125), a CIA/NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual J-3 panoramic cameras. Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-3W lofted it on 1 May 1968; both camera records had some out-of-focus imagery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 775 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 11th
- of 30 Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 1 May 1968, 21:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1968-039
- Launches in 1968
- 42nd of 128
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