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KH-5 9
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 29 Aug 1963, 08:31 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor SLV-2 Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.