Monday, January 4, 1971

Discoverer 6

 1959-006A


Discoverer 6 reached orbit in Aug 1959 with a mass of 862 kg. Signals were not received after the capsule separation on Flight 6 (Mission 9003), and it is assumed the retrorocket failed,though what happened to the capsule afterwards is unclear.


KH-1 Mission 9003 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1959 Aug 19  1925  Launch by Thor Agena A  V Pad 5 
 1927  Thor MECO (T+2:44) 
 1927  Thor VECO (T+2:53) 
 1928  Thor sep (T+2:59) 
 1929  Agena 1028 burn (T+4:36) 
 1931  Agena 1028 cutoff (T+6:31) 
   212 x 848 x 84 (RAE) 
   216 x 895 x ? (VCR) 
1959 Aug 20  1043   95.18 207 x 846 x 84.0  
 2227  SRV ejected on rev 17 (40N?) 
   
 2232?  Reentered 
1959 Aug 21  1827   95.05 207 x 835 x 84.0 
1959 Sep 15  0836   93.47 211 x 678 x 84.0 
1959 Sep 28  0500   92.0 196 x 547 x 84.0 (RAE) 
1959 Oct 5  1213   90.92 171 x 468 x 84.0 
1959 Oct 12  1700   90.0 186 x 359 x 84.0 (RAE) 
1959 Oct 20  1900  Agena reentered 

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