Discoverer 1

Summary

Discoverer 1 is a reconnaissance satellite^[1]. It draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #8 of 76).^[2]

Key Facts

• Discoverer 1's image is recorded as Discoverer-1.jpg^[3].
• Discoverer 1's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite^[4].
• Discoverer 1's operator is recorded as United States Air Force^[5].
• Discoverer 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1959-002A^[6].
• Discoverer 1's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 1^[7].
• Discoverer 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena A^[8].
• Discoverer 1's SCN is recorded as 00013^[9].
• Discoverer 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-02-28T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Discoverer 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c9bg4^[11].
• Discoverer 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[12].
• Discoverer 1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0579'}^[13].
• Discoverer 1's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1^[14].
• Discoverer 1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+618'}^[15].
• Discoverer 1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}^[16].
• Discoverer 1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+967'}^[17].
• Discoverer 1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+163'}^[18].
• Discoverer 1's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.52'}^[19].
• Discoverer 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00013"]^[20].

Why It Matters

Discoverer 1 draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #8 of 76).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21]