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Discoverer 19
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 20 Dec 1960, 08:32 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 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Discoverer 19 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Missile Defence Alarm System.