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KH-5 12
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 21 Aug 1964, 03:45 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor SLV-2A Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.