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United States Air Force
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 8
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
The KH-1 (Keyhole-1) was the first attempt in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. These satellites were all launched under the name Discoverer.
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