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Discoverer 8
American military reconnaissance satellite. Discoverer 8 was launched on November 20, 1959 aboard a Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Mar 8, 1960).
COSPAR 1959 LAMNORAD 25United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discoverer 8
- Payload designation
- CORONA C-5
- Other names
- :C,:CC,NRO Mission 9005:CM,CORONA 8:CA
- International designator
- 1959 LAM
- NORAD catalog number
- 25
- GCAT identifier
- S00025
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA Early
- Owner
- CIA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA
Launch
- Date
- November 20, 1959 · 19:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 LAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 184 km
- Apogee
- 1,394 km
- Inclination
- 80.65°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- March 8, 1960
- Last known active
- Nov 21, 1959
- End of operations
- Nov 21, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 157 kg
- Dry mass
- 157 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 835 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 Q906168 (CC0).