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Discoverer 36
Reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 36 was launched on December 12, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Mar 8, 1962).
COSPAR 1961 A KAP 1NORAD 213United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 36
- Payload designation
- CORONA C'''-5
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9029:CM,CORONA 36:CA
- International designator
- 1961 A KAP 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 213
- GCAT identifier
- S00213
- 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
- December 12, 1961 · 20:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A KAPSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 223 km
- Apogee
- 446 km
- Inclination
- 81.18°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- March 8, 1962
- Last known active
- Dec 16, 1961
- End of operations
- Dec 16, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 234 kg
- Dry mass
- 234 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,294 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q279940 (CC0).