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Discoverer 31
Discoverer 31 was launched on September 17, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Oct 26, 1961).
COSPAR 1961 A BETNORAD 186United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 31
- Payload designation
- CORONA C'''-3
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9024:CM,CORONA 31:CA
- International designator
- 1961 A BET
- NORAD catalog number
- 186
- GCAT identifier
- S00186
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- September 17, 1961 · 21:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A BETSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 233 km
- Apogee
- 380 km
- Inclination
- 82.70°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- October 26, 1961
- Last known active
- Sep 19, 1961
- End of operations
- Sep 19, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 123 kg
- Dry mass
- 123 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,153 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 Q5281815 (CC0).