flown missionSuccess
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 17
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 17
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Discoverer 17 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The mission was classed as a failure. Orbit was entered successfully however the film was separated before any camera operation leaving only 0.5m of film in the capsule.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Family
- Thor
- 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