Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
Discoverer 6 was the sixth in a series of reconnaissance satellites, however, it failed to return its capsule when the retrorocket failed to deorbit the capsule.
Details
Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Polar Orbit (PO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Wed, Aug 19, 1959, 19:24
Weather
Pro