Discoverer 3

Summary

Discoverer 3 is a reconnaissance satellite^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #24 of 76).^[2]

Key Facts

• Discoverer 3's image is recorded as Agena-A Discoverer.jpg^[3].
• Discoverer 3's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite^[4].
• Discoverer 3's part of is recorded as Corona^[5].
• Discoverer 3's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 3^[6].
• Discoverer 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena A^[7].
• Discoverer 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-06-03T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Discoverer 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[9].
• Discoverer 3's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1^[10].
• Discoverer 3's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+753'}^[11].
• Discoverer 3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.52'}^[12].
• Discoverer 3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121b786p^[13].

Why It Matters

Discoverer 3 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #24 of 76).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14]