flown missionSuccess
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 5
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 1W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Discoverer 5
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
Discoverer 5 was the fifth in a series of reconnaissance satellites, however, it failed to return its capsule when it was accidentally sent into a higher orbit.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
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 1W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7572, -120.6303