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This page records Thor Agena A | Discoverer 12 and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was lost when the second stage failed during launch.
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Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.
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Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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