launched fromUSA

Discoverer 5

Name: Discoverer 5
Start: 1959-08-13T19:00:08Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

AUG 13195919:00:08 UTC

A reconnaissance mission on Thor DM-18 / Agena A.

LIFTOFF

AUG 13 1959

19:00:08 UTC

Success

launched from LC-75-3-4 Vandenberg

aboard Thor DM-18 / Agena A Thor 192 into LEO

Payload

Reconnaissance