MISSION NAME
Discoverer 10 10
Status
Failure
DATE
19 FEB 1960
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E
Description
Discoverer 10 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite, the seventh of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series.
Thor Agena A
Rocket Description
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.