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Thor Agena A | Discoverer 7
Thor Agena A
Nov 7, 1959, 8:28 PM UTC
Nov 7, 1959, 8:28 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
The KH-1 (Keyhole-1) was the first attempt in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. These satellites were all launched under the name Discoverer.
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 1W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 23.9°C
- Wind
- 3 km/h @ 166°
- Sky
- Clear
- Source
- open-meteo-archive