Discoverer 32 (Corona Mission 9025 / KH-3 4 / Topsoc 3), a U.S. NRO/CIA KH-3 film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg; the film recovery vehicle was deorbited and recovered about one day after launch.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 298 kg
- Flight
- 17th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 13 October 1961, 19:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1961-027
- Launches in 1961
- 36th of 50
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