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Discoverer 5
American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 5 was launched on August 13, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Sep 28, 1959).
COSPAR 1959 EPS 1NORAD 18United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 5
- Payload designation
- CORONA C-2
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9002:CM,CORONA 5:CA
- International designator
- 1959 EPS 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 18
- GCAT identifier
- S00018
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- ARPA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- August 13, 1959 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 EPSSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 215 km
- Apogee
- 732 km
- Inclination
- 80.00°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- September 28, 1959
- Last known active
- Aug 14, 1959
- End of operations
- Aug 14, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 140 kg
- Dry mass
- 140 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 730 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 Q906167 (CC0).