Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9

Launch information

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Mission description

Discoverer 9 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-based film. The satellite was not successfully orbited.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9’.

Launch image Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9

Failure

Status: Launch Failure

Class: normal

Launch T0: Feb. 4, 1960, 6:51 p.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Discoverer 9 (LEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Thor Agena A

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 1W

Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

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Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#55

To this date

Location Launch

#9

To this date

Pad Launch

#6

To this date

Agency Launch

#12

To this date

Orbital Launch

#1

Year 1960

Location Launch

#1

Year 1960

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1960

Agency Launch

#1

Year 1960

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