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Discoverer 5 Capsule
The Discoverer 5 spacecraft consisted of a main satellite body and a separable reentry vehicle containing a recovery capsule. Discoverer 5 Capsule was launched on August 13, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 11, 1961).
COSPAR 1959 EPS 2NORAD 26United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SRV 111
- Common name
- Discoverer 5 Capsule
- Payload designation
- SRV
- International designator
- 1959 EPS 2
- NORAD catalog number
- 26
- GCAT identifier
- S00026
Mission
- Mission type
- Reentry vehicle
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SRV
- Owner
- CIA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Missles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- SRV Mk IIA
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)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 194 km
- Apogee
- 1,531 km
- Inclination
- 78.94°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 11, 1961
- Last known active
- Aug 14, 1959
- End of operations
- Aug 14, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 123 kg
- Dry mass
- 123 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 140 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q112917748 (CC0).