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Discoverer 17
Thor DM-21 Agena-B · Government/Top Secret
1960Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg
Mission
Discoverer 17 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The mission was classed as a failure. Orbit was entered successfully however the film was separated before any camera operation leaving only 0.5m of film in the capsule.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2