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Discoverer 15
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 13 Sept 1960, 10:13 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 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Discoverer 15 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The orbital mission was successful but when the capsule was returned it failed to be captured and sank into the ocean.