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The restartable Agena engine relit after coast - did the spy payload live?
A restartable Agena engine fires again after a coast above Earth-one spy payload hangs in orbit; did they make it in time?
The restartable Agena engine relit after coast - did the spy payload live?
In this episode, we trace the Agena from a cancelled weapons project to a standardized orbital workhorse and follow its role carrying both NASA experiments and secret military payloads. What happened on the flight when the engine reignited after coast, and what did it mean for the classified satellite it carried?
Person: Lawrence Edwards
Date: 1959-1987 (program flight history)
Location: Earth…
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