launched fromUSA

Discoverer 16

Name: Discoverer 16
Start: 1960-10-26T20:26:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

OCT 26196020:26:00 UTC

Maiden flight of Thor-Agena B. Agena staging failed. Vehicle fell into the Pacific Ocean.

LIFTOFF

OCT 26 1960

20:26:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-75-3-4Vandenberg

aboardThor DM-21 Agena-BThor 253intoLEO

Payload

Reconnaissance