Discoverer 5

 1959-005A

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Mission 9002 (DISCOVERER V) reached orbit on 1959 Aug 13 using Agena 1029. The Agena again reached burnout due to propellant exhaustion, but this time velocity was sufficient. Orbit mass of the Discoverer was 870 kg (or 793 kg per DOD msg to WH). Mission 9002's camera failed on the first orbit because its electronics got too cold. The SRV for Mission 9002 was ejected as planned, but a spin rocket failure meant it fired its retro in the wrong direction, sending the capsule to an orbit with an apogee of over 1700 km; it reentered in Feb 1961.

KH-1 Mission 9002
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1959 Aug 13	1900	Launch by Thor Agena A	V Pad 4
	1902	Thor MECO (T+2:42)
	1902	Thor VECO (T+2:51)
	1903	Thor sep (T+2:58)
	1904	Agena 1029 burn (T+4:46)
	1906	Agena 1029 cutoff (T+6:43)
			220 x 734 x 80 (VCR)
			217 x 739 x 80 (RAE)
			94.2 214 x 731 x 79.9 (SATCAT)
		Camera failed, rev 1
1959 Aug 14	0833		94.07 215 x 732 x 80.0
1959 Aug 14	2142	SRV ejected (wrong orientation)
1959 Aug 14	2142	SRV burn, to high orbit
1959 Aug 20	0657		93.59 192 x 707 x 80.0
1959 Aug 28	0922		92.94 215 x 622 x 80.0
1959 Sep 9			92.0 209 x 533 x 80.0 (RAE)
1959 Sep 15			91.39 184 x 501 x 80.0
1959 Sep 23	0930		90.0 193 x 353 x 80.0 (RAE)
1959 Sep 26	0747		89.10 137 x 323 x 80.0
1959 Sep 28		CORONA/Agena reentered