MISSION NAME
Discoverer 14 14
Status
Success
DATE
18 AUG 1960
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 1W
Description
Discoverer 14 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. It was the first fully successful flight of the Discoverer series which returned film. The capsule was recovered mid air by an aircraft
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.