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Discoverer 13
Thor Agena A · Government/Top Secret
1960Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg
Mission
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The lastof five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was the first fully successfuly flight of the Discoverer series. It successfuly jetissoned its payload which was recovered in the Ocean by the Navy.
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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