Discoverer 10 (Corona Mission 9007 / KH-1), a U.S. NRO film-return reconnaissance satellite, was destroyed by range safety after its Thor Agena-A from Vandenberg began wobbling shortly after liftoff; debris fell on the base.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 10th
- of 15 Thor Agena A flights
- Date and time
- 19 February 1960, 20:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- Launches in 1960
- 2nd of 38