USAF Thor Agena A Discoverer 12

Name: USAF Thor Agena A Discoverer 12
Start: 1960-06-29T22:00:44.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 1W

Thor Agena A

Status

Failure

Date

29 JUN 1960

22:00

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 1W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was lost when the second stage failed during launch.

Rocket

Thor Agena A

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

28 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

53 T

Thrust

667 kN