Discoverer 10

Discoverer 10
Mission typeOptical reconnaissance
OperatorUS Air Force / NRO
Harvard designation1960-F02
SATCAT no.F00088
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeCORONA KH-1
BusAgena-A
ManufacturerLockheed
Start of mission
Launch date19 Feb 1960 20:15:14 (1960-02-19UTC20:15:14Z) GMT
RocketThor DM-21 Agena-A
(Thor 223)
Launch siteVandenberg LC 75-3-5

Discoverer 10, also known as Corona 9007,[1]: 236  was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 19 Feb 1960 at 20:15:14 GMT, the seventh of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series.

  1. ^ Day, Dwayne A.; Logsdon, John M.; Latell, Brian (1998). Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-830-4. OCLC 36783934.