Discoverer 7 (Corona Mission 9004 / KH-1), a U.S. NRO film-return reconnaissance satellite, reached polar orbit on a Thor Agena-A from Vandenberg, but the film-return capsule failed to separate from the Agena bus and was never recovered.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 330 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 15 Thor Agena A flights
- Date and time
- 7 November 1959, 20:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1959-010
- Launches in 1959
- 21st of 23
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