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Discoverer 5
Thor Agena A · Government/Top Secret
1959Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg
Mission
Discoverer 5 was the fifth in a series of reconnaissance satellites, however, it failed to return its capsule when it was accidentally sent into a higher orbit.
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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