Discoverer 27 - rocket launch details

Launch time21 Jul 196122:35 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: Thor 322

Open circuit in guidance computer led to loss of control and vehicle breakup at T+60 seconds.

Rocket ThorDM-21 Agena-B

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

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Discoverer 27	Reconnaissance	-	-