OPS 5343 (KH-4A Mission 1047 / Corona 126), a CIA CORONA film-return reconnaissance satellite, with secondary ELINT payload OPS 5259 (Tripos 3/Sousea 2). Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-1E on 20 June 1968; recovery capsules returned though imagery was partly out of focus.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 720 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 13th
- of 30 Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 20 June 1968, 21:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1968-052
- Launches in 1968
- 58th of 128
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