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Discoverer 2
American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 2 was launched on April 13, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Apr 26, 1959).
COSPAR 1959 GAMNORAD 14United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 2
- Payload designation
- CORONA BIO 1
- Other names
- :C,:CC,FTV 1018:UF,CORONA 2:CA
- International designator
- 1959 GAM
- NORAD catalog number
- 14
- GCAT identifier
- S00014
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- ARPA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- April 13, 1959 · 21:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 GAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 239 km
- Apogee
- 346 km
- Inclination
- 89.90°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- April 26, 1959
- Last known active
- Apr 13, 1959
- End of operations
- Apr 13, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 110 kg
- Dry mass
- 110 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 788 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 Q906157 (CC0).