Discoverer 6

American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 6 was launched on August 19, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Oct 20, 1959).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Discoverer 6
Payload designation: CORONA C-3
Other names: :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9003:CM,CORONA 6:CA
International designator: 1959 ZET
NORAD catalog number: 19
GCAT identifier: S00019

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 19, 1959 · 19:24 UTC
Launch record: 1959 ZETSuccess
Rocket: Thor Agena A
Spaceport: Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 207 km
Apogee: 846 km
Inclination: 84.00°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: October 20, 1959
Last known active: Aug 20, 1959
End of operations: Aug 20, 1959

Size

Mass: 132 kg
Dry mass: 132 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 810 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 Q906166 (CC0).