Discoverer 12

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 29 June 1960, 10:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Agena A (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Government/Top Secret

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was lost when the second stage failed during launch.