flown missionFailure
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-6 1
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 1W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- KH-6 1
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
KH-6 (Keyhole 6, codenamed Lanyard) was an early attempt to gain higher resolution imagery, which flew only one successful mission in 1963. It was part of the Corona program.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- SLV-2A Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7572, -120.6303