RocketThor Agena B
SpaceportVandenbergpad 75-3-4
OutcomeFailurestage 1 separation failure
Launch agencyUSAF BMDUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- October 26, 1960, 20:26
- Launch designation
- 1960-F15
- Mission
- CORONA C'-1
- Flight name
- Discoverer 16
- Vehicle flight ID
- 253/1061
- Flight code
- TAG016/SOUP SPOON
- Year
- Launches in 1960
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 213 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 0.320 t
- Payloads
- 4
- GCAT launch code
- OF · S1S
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discoverer 16 | 1960-F15 | US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division | — | — | — |
| SRV 506 | 1960-F15 | US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division | — | — | — |
| TOD-5 | 1960-F15 | US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division | — | — | — |
| SOCTOP 3 | 1960-F15 | Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Special Projects (NRO Program A) | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.