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Discoverer 11
American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 11 was launched on April 15, 1960 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Apr 26, 1960).
COSPAR 1960 DELNORAD 32United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 11
- Payload designation
- CORONA C-8
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9008:CM,CORONA 11:CA
- International designator
- 1960 DEL
- NORAD catalog number
- 32
- GCAT identifier
- S00032
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- USAF BMD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- April 15, 1960 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 DELSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 169 km
- Apogee
- 546 km
- Inclination
- 80.01°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- April 26, 1960
- Last known active
- Apr 16, 1960
- End of operations
- Apr 16, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 103 kg
- Dry mass
- 103 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 781 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q906142 (CC0).