1960 · United States Air Force
Discoverer 9
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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.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 4, 1960 at 06:51 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W
- Mission
- Discoverer 9
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit