MISSION NAME
Discoverer 3 3
Status
Failure
DATE
3 JUN 1959
LAUNCH PROVIDER
![United States Air Force + -img](https://apiv2.spacerealm.live/static/images/company-logo/usaf/logo.png)
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 1W
Description
The Discoverer 3 reconnaissance satellite failed to reach orbit due to a failure of the Agena A upper stage.
![Thor Agena A Thor Agena A](https://apiv2.spacerealm.live/static/images/rocket-img/no-rocket-image.png)
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.