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| Mission type | Optical reconnaissance |
|---|---|
| Operator | US Air Force / NRO |
| Harvard designation | 1959 KAP |
| COSPAR ID | 1959-010A |
| SATCAT no. | S00024 |
| Mission duration | 1 day |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | CORONA KH-1 |
| Bus | Agena-A |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed |
| Launch mass | 920 kilograms (2,030 lb) after orbit insertion |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 November 1959 20:28:41 GMT |
| Rocket | Thor DM-21 Agena-A (Thor 206) |
| Launch site | Vandenberg LC 75-3-4 |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 26 November 1959 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.04996 |
| Perigee altitude | 159 kilometers (99 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 847 kilometers (526 mi) |
| Inclination | 81.640° |
| Period | 94.70 minutes |
| Epoch | 7 November 1959 |
Discoverer 7, also known as Corona 9004,[1]: 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 November 1959 at 20:28:41 GMT, the fourth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the satellite was orbited successfully, its film capsule failed to separate from the main satellite.
- ^ 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.