Discoverer 34 (Corona Mission 9027 / KH-2 9 / Topsoc 4), a U.S. NRO/CIA film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg; ascent guidance left it in an unusable elliptical orbit and film recovery was not attempted.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 313 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 19th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 5 November 1961, 20:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1961-029
- Launches in 1961
- 41st of 50
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