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Discoverer 7
American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 7 was launched on November 7, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Nov 26, 1959).
COSPAR 1959 KAPNORAD 24United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 7
- Payload designation
- CORONA C-4
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9004:CM,CORONA 7:CA
- International designator
- 1959 KAP
- NORAD catalog number
- 24
- GCAT identifier
- S00024
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
- November 7, 1959 · 20:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 KAPSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 155 km
- Apogee
- 664 km
- Inclination
- 81.64°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- November 26, 1959
- Last known active
- Nov 8, 1959
- End of operations
- Nov 8, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 242 kg
- Dry mass
- 242 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 920 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 Q906164 (CC0).