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Discoverer 19
Reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 19 was launched on December 20, 1960 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Jan 23, 1961).
COSPAR 1960 TAUNORAD 68United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 19
- Payload designation
- CORONA RM-1
- Other names
- :C,:CC,DRM-1,RM-1 (Midas),CORONA 19:CA
- International designator
- 1960 TAU
- NORAD catalog number
- 68
- GCAT identifier
- S00068
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
- December 20, 1960 · 20:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 TAUSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 206 km
- Apogee
- 578 km
- Inclination
- 83.40°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- January 23, 1961
- Last known active
- Dec 25, 1960
- End of operations
- Dec 25, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 216 kg
- Dry mass
- 216 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 936 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q73472 (CC0).