Discoverer 13

Mission

Discoverer 13

Type: Government/Top Secret

Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The lastof five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. It was the first fully successfuly flight of the Discoverer series. It successfuly jetissoned its payload which was recovered in the Ocean by the Navy.

Location

Space Launch Complex 1E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

703 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.