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Discoverer 1
Thor Agena A · Government/Top Secret
1959Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg
Mission
Discoverer I was the first of a series of satellites part of the CORONA reconnaissance program. This satellite didn't take a camera or film system as it was intended as a test. There were issues communicating with the satellite during flight with only intermittent signals being read.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Orbit
- PO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1W
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2