1960 · United States Air Force
Discoverer 18
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Discoverer 18 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. This was the first successful mission employing the KH-2 camera system
Overview
- Date / time
- December 7, 1960 at 08:20 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W
- Mission
- Discoverer 18
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit