launched fromUSA

Discoverer 23

Name: Discoverer 23
Start: 1961-04-08T19:21:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

APR 08196119:21:00 UTC

A reconnaissance mission to LEO on Thor DM-21 Agena-B.

LIFTOFF

APR 08 1961

19:21:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-75-3-5Vandenberg

aboardThor DM-21 Agena-BThor 307intoLEO

Payload

Reconnaissance