Discoverer 18

Summary

Discoverer 18 is a reconnaissance satellite^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #25 of 76).^[2]

Key Facts

• Discoverer 18's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite^[3].
• Discoverer 18's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1960-018A^[4].
• Discoverer 18's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 18^[5].
• Discoverer 18's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena B^[6].
• Discoverer 18's SCN is recorded as 00067^[7].
• Discoverer 18's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-12-07T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Discoverer 18's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1961-04-02T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Discoverer 18's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc8wr7^[10].
• Discoverer 18's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[11].
• Discoverer 18's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[12].
• Discoverer 18's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1^[13].
• Discoverer 18's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00067"]^[14].
• Discoverer 18's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1960-018A^[15].

Why It Matters

Discoverer 18 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #25 of 76).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16]