Discoverer 11 (Corona Mission 9008 / KH-1), a CIA/NRO film-return photoreconnaissance satellite, launched on a Thor Agena-A from Vandenberg on 15 April 1960. It was the first Corona with vacuum-resistant Kodak polyester film that worked in orbit, but the SRV was lost when its spin motors exploded on reentry.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 191 kg
- Flight
- 11th
- of 15 Thor Agena A flights
- Date and time
- 15 April 1960, 20:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Agena A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1960-004
- Launches in 1960
- 9th of 38
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