Discoverer 2

Summary

Discoverer 2 is a reconnaissance satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of reconnaissance_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Discoverer 2's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite^[3].
• Discoverer 2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1959-003A^[4].
• Discoverer 2's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 2^[5].
• Discoverer 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena A^[6].
• Discoverer 2's SCN is recorded as 00014^[7].
• Discoverer 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-04-13T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Discoverer 2's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1959-04-26T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Discoverer 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[10].
• Discoverer 2's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[11].
• Discoverer 2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.008014'}^[12].
• Discoverer 2's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1^[13].
• Discoverer 2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+743'}^[14].
• Discoverer 2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90.4'}^[15].
• Discoverer 2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+346'}^[16].
• Discoverer 2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+239'}^[17].
• Discoverer 2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.52'}^[18].
• Discoverer 2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122d8fhs^[19].
• Discoverer 2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00014"]^[20].
• Discoverer 2's Harvard designation is recorded as 1959 Gamma 1^[21].
• Discoverer 2's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1959-003A^[22].

Why It Matters

Discoverer 2 ranks in the top 3% of reconnaissance_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23]