Discoverer 38 (KH-4 1 / Corona Mission 9031), the first KH-4 Corona film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with dual panoramic cameras, launched on a Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg on 27 February 1962. The recovery capsule returned, but images were unfocused.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 347 kg
- Flight
- 24th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 27 February 1962, 19:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-005
- Launches in 1962
- 7th of 81
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