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United States Air Force
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 1
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Discoverer I was the first of a series of satellites part of the CORONA reconnaissance program. This satellite didn't take a camera or film system as it was intended as a test. There were issues communicating with the satellite during flight with only intermittent signals being read.
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