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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrom : USA
Date of Cancellation: Nov. 12, 1960
Kind of Event : Launch
Launch pad : USA Vandenberg (CA)
habité?/manned?: robot
Mission type : Military
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : The KH-2 payload consisted of the improved C’ (Corona prime) single panoramic camera and a single General Electric return vehicle (SRV, Satellite Return Vehicle). The improved and simplified C’-camera was built by the Fairchild Camera Co. and with a f/5.0 aperture and 61 cm focal length had a ground resolution of 10.7 m.
The satellite was based on the larger Agena-B upper stage, which provided attitude control in orbit. The film return capsule carried its own small solid-fuel retro motor to deorbit at the end of the mission with mid-air recovery of the returning capsule by a specially equipped aircraft. Keyword(s) :
#Cartography,
#Planet,
#Satellite, SPACE REVUE : 02 - 2015 Last modified: 06/09/2015 @ 14h38
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