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orbit and carried out vehicular performance and communications tests, successfully gathering data on propulsion, communications, orbital performance, and stabilization. All equipment functioned as programmed except the timing device. Satellite telemetry functioned until April 14, 1959, and the main tracking beacon functioned until April 21, 1959. The satellite bus reentered on 26 April 1959.
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spacecraft performance, including 28 environmental, 34 guidance and control, 18 second stage performance, 15 communications, and 9 reentry capsule parameters. Electrical power for all instruments was provided by NiCd batteries. Orientation was provided by a cold nitrogen gas jet-stream system, a scanner for pitch attitude, and an inertial reference package for yaw and roll data.
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Discoverer 2 was a cylindrical satellite 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in diameter, 5.85 metres (19.2 ft) long and had a mass after second stage separation, including propellants, of roughly 3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb). After orbital insertion, the satellite and SRV
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booster, Discoverer 2 was three-axis stabilized and was commanded from Earth. After 17 orbits, on 14 April 1959, a reentry vehicle was ejected. The reentry vehicle separated into two sections, one consisting of the protection equipment, retrorocket and main structure and the other the reentry
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upper stage, which not only offered housing but whose engine provided attitude control in orbit. The KH-1 payload included the C (for Corona) single, vertical-looking, panoramic camera that scanned back and forth, exposing its film at a right angle to the line of flight. The camera, built by
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in surveilling the Sino-Soviet Bloc, determining the disposition and speed of production of Soviet missiles and long-range bombers assess. The Corona program was also used to produce maps and charts for the
Department of Defense and other US government mapping programs.
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the impact zone), which could have provided limited intelligence to the Soviet government. This memo has been disputed, and the fate of
Discovery 2's SRV remained unknown as of 1998. The incident became the basis for the book and movie
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capsule. It was planned that the capsule would reenter over the vicinity of Hawaii for recovery, but a timer malfunction caused by human programming error lead to premature capsule ejection and reentry near the
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with a f/5.0 aperture and 61 centimetres (24 in) focal length, had a ground resolution of 12.9 metres (42 ft). Film was returned from orbit by a single
General Electric Satellite Return Vehicle (SRV) constructed by
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radiation and to distinguish among electrons, protons, and heavier charged particles. A metallic
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CORONA began operational flights on 25 Jun 1959 with the launch of
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satellite photo-reconnaissance series of satellites managed by the
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instead, the SRV would be picked up somewhere in "the arctic."
456:"Discoverer" was the civilian designation and cover for the
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Day, Dwayne A.; Logsdon, John M.; Latell, Brian (1998).
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Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy
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48:Optical reconnaissance
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841:"My country and NATO"
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699:. Gunter's Space Page
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892:"Satellite Catalog"
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2933:Discoverer 7
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2878:Explorer S-1
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2827:Discoverer 1
2612:KH-10 Dorian
2501:KH-9 Hexagon
1971:KH-6 Lanyard
1279:KH-2 Corona'
1250:Discoverer 9
1245:Discoverer 8
1240:Discoverer 7
1235:Discoverer 6
1230:Discoverer 5
1225:Discoverer 4
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896:. Retrieved
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845:. Retrieved
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823:. Retrieved
819:"Launch Log"
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701:. Retrieved
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671:the original
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646:. Retrieved
605:Discoverer 4
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570:Thor-Agena A
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514:Thor Agena A
499:Discoverer 1
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474:U-2 spyplane
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442:Soviet Union
425:Discoverer 2
424:
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414:Discoverer 3
409:Discoverer 1
395:Discoverer 3
390:Discoverer 1
318:Eccentricity
272:Landing site
264:Landing date
234:Last contact
152:Manufacturer
57:US Air Force
45:Mission type
27:Discoverer 2
2944:Pioneer P-3
2198:KH-8 Gambit
1997:KH-7 Gambit
1218:KH-1 Corona
575:Spitsbergen
566:polar orbit
438:Spitzbergen
433:Corona KH-1
348:Inclination
277:Spitzbergen
211:Launch site
183:Launch date
162:Launch mass
2975:Categories
2928:Explorer 7
2918:Vanguard 3
2912:Transit 1A
2884:Explorer 6
2822:Vanguard 2
1900:KH-5 Argon
1170:KH-5 Argon
1164:See also:
847:25 October
825:24 October
752:24 October
729:24 October
703:7 November
680:25 January
648:24 October
615:References
505:Spacecraft
452:Background
383:Discoverer
301:Geocentric
256:1959-04-27
249:Decay date
241:1959-04-15
206:(Thor 170)
2957:underline
2832:Pioneer 4
877:794229594
311:Low Earth
194: GMT
82:1959-003A
76:COSPAR ID
2895:Beacon 2
2723:See also
2656:OPS 9627
2651:OPS 3984
2646:OPS 2581
2641:OPS 4515
2636:OPS 5705
2621:(mockup)
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1475:FTV-1156
1470:FTV-1155
1465:FTV-1135
1460:FTV-1136
1455:FTV-1154
1450:FTV-1153
1445:FTV-1133
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1420:FTV-1129
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1410:FTV-1128
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804:36783934
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156:Lockheed
70:1959 GAM
53:Operator
2961:italics
2747:USA-144
2711:USA-245
2706:USA-224
2701:USA-186
2696:USA-161
2691:USA-129
2686:USA-116
2433:OPS 304
898:9 April
556:Mission
482:Agena-A
464:of the
322:0.00801
254: (
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146:Agena-A
97:SATCAT
2923:Luna 3
2906:Luna 2
2817:Mechta
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2790:← 1958
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2681:USA-86
2676:USA-33
2671:USA-27
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458:Corona
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199:Rocket
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2661:USA-6
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1800:KH-4B
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2798:1959
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1388:KH-4
1168:and
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873:OCLC
849:2020
827:2020
800:OCLC
790:ISBN
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