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Discoverer 11
Thor Agena A · Government/Top Secret
1960Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg
Mission
Discoverer 11 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The eighth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it successfully employed the first space-worthy camera film; however, Discoverer's film return capsule was lost during reentry on 16 Apr when the satellite's spin motors exploded.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2