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KH-5 8
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 26 Apr 1963, 08:12 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.