Discoverer 13 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
10 Aug 1960, 8:37pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Discoverer 13
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The lastof five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was the first fully successfuly flight of the Discoverer series. It successfuly jetissoned its payload which was recovered in the Ocean by the Navy.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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