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Discoverer 29
American optical reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 29 was launched on August 30, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Sep 9, 1961).
COSPAR 1961 PSINORAD 181United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 29
- Payload designation
- CORONA C'''-1
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9023:CM,CORONA 29:CA
- International designator
- 1961 PSI
- NORAD catalog number
- 181
- GCAT identifier
- S00181
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- CIA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- August 30, 1961 · 20:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 PSISuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 138 km
- Apogee
- 511 km
- Inclination
- 82.04°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- September 9, 1961
- Last known active
- Sep 1, 1961
- End of operations
- Sep 1, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 146 kg
- Dry mass
- 146 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,126 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 Q5281813 (CC0).