flown missionSuccess
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 15
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 1E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Discoverer 15
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Agena A
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7560, -120.6263