Discoverer 16 - rocket launch details

Launch time26 Oct 196020:26 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: Thor 253

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

Rocket ThorDM-21 Agena-B

launched from Vandenberg AFB, LC-75-3-4USA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Discoverer 16	Reconnaissance	-	-