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Discoverer 23
Discoverer 23 was launched on April 8, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Apr 16, 1962).
COSPAR 1961 LAM 1NORAD 100United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 23
- Payload designation
- ARGON 2
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9016A:CM,CORONA 23:CA
- International designator
- 1961 LAM 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 100
- GCAT identifier
- S00100
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA ARGON
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA ARGON
Launch
- Date
- April 8, 1961 · 19:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 LAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 294 km
- Apogee
- 624 km
- Inclination
- 82.31°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- April 16, 1962
- Last known active
- Apr 10, 1961
- End of operations
- Apr 10, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 121 kg
- Dry mass
- 121 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 861 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5281805 (CC0).