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Discoverer 16
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 26 Oct 1960, 08:26 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Agena-B (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 16 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The launch failed when the Agena stage failed to seperate from Thor.