Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9
Launch Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Feb. 4, 1960, 6:51 p.m. - Feb. 4, 1960, 6:51 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Feb. 4, 1960, 6:51 p.m. - Feb. 4, 1960, 6:51 p.m.
Discoverer 9 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-based film. The satellite was not successfully orbited.
Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.
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