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Discoverer 38
Discoverer 38 was launched on February 27, 1962 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Mar 21, 1962).
COSPAR 1962 EPS 1NORAD 247United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 38
- Payload designation
- CORONA M-1
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9031:CM,MURAL 1,CORONA 38:CA
- International designator
- 1962 EPS 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 247
- GCAT identifier
- S00247
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.003
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA M
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA KH-4
Launch
- Date
- February 27, 1962 · 19:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 EPSSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 207 km
- Apogee
- 357 km
- Inclination
- 82.23°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- March 21, 1962
- Last known active
- Mar 3, 1962
- End of operations
- Mar 3, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 184 kg
- Dry mass
- 184 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,244 kg
- Length
- 2.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9207770 (CC0).