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Discoverer 34
Reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 34 was launched on November 5, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 7, 1962).
COSPAR 1961 A EPS 1NORAD 197United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 34
- Payload designation
- CORONA C'-9
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9027:CM,CORONA 34:CA
- International designator
- 1961 A EPS 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 197
- GCAT identifier
- S00197
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
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
- November 5, 1961 · 20:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A EPSSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 225 km
- Apogee
- 971 km
- Inclination
- 82.52°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- December 7, 1962
- Last known active
- Nov 10, 1961
- End of operations
- Nov 10, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 133 kg
- Dry mass
- 133 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,163 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 Q5281818 (CC0).