Discoverer 5 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
13 Aug 1959, 7:00pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Discoverer 5
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Polar Orbit
Discoverer 5 was the fifth in a series of reconnaissance satellites, however, it failed to return its capsule when it was accidentally sent into a higher orbit.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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