Discoverer 9 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
4 Feb 1960, 6:51pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Discoverer 9
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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