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Discoverer 1
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 28 Feb 1959, 09:49 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Agena A (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Polar Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Discoverer I was the first of a series of satellites part of the CORONA reconnaissance program. This satellite didn't take a camera or film system as it was intended as a test. There were issues communicating with the satellite during flight with only intermittent signals being read.