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FailureDiscoverer 9 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Feb 4, 1960, 18:51 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Feb 4, 1960, 18:51 UTC – Thursday, Feb 4, 1960, 18:51 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
Discoverer 9
Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Discoverer 9 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-based film. The satellite was not successfully orbited.
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