launched fromUSA

Discoverer 9

Name: Discoverer 9
Start: 1960-02-04T18:51:45Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

FEB 04196018:51:45 UTC

Premature Thor cutoff. Agena could not attain orbital velocity.

LIFTOFF

FEB 04 1960

18:51:45 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-75-3-4Vandenberg

aboardThor DM-18 Agena-AThor 218intoLEO

Payload

Reconnaissance