launched fromUSA

Discoverer 6

Name: Discoverer 6
Start: 1959-08-19T19:24:44Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

AUG 19195919:24:44 UTC

A reconnaissance mission to LEO on Thor DM-18 Agena-A.

LIFTOFF

AUG 19 1959

19:24:44 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-75-3-5Vandenberg

aboardThor DM-18 Agena-AThor 200intoLEO

Payload

Reconnaissance