KH-6 Lanyard

The project was quickly put together to get imagery of a site near Leningrad suspected of having anti-ballistic missiles.

[2] The satellite carried Itek's "E-5" camera developed for the SAMOS program, which had been cancelled.

The satellite weighed 1,500 kg (3,300 lb), and had a single re-entry vehicle in which exposed film was returned to earth for a mid-air[3] aircraft recovery.

This spacecraft achieved orbit but the Agena rocket failed in flight and no film data were returned.

[7][8] KH-6 8003 was launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Thor-Agena D rocket (Thor 382)[5] at 00:00:00 GMT on 31 July 1963.

A KH-6 LANYARD main features
Thor SLV-2A Agena D (Thor 360) with KH-6 8001 on 18 March 1963
Thor-SLV2A Agena-D (Thor 364) with KH-6 2 on 18 May 1963