Discoverer 5
American military reconnaissance satellite
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Discoverer 5
Summary
Discoverer 5 is a reconnaissance satellite[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #19 of 76).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer 5's image is recorded as Agena-A Discoverer.jpg[3].
- Discoverer 5's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite[4].
- Discoverer 5's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1959-005A[5].
- Discoverer 5's part of is recorded as Corona[6].
- Discoverer 5's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 5[7].
- Discoverer 5's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena A[8].
- Discoverer 5's SCN is recorded as 00018[9].
- Discoverer 5's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-08-13T00:00:00Z[10].
- Discoverer 5's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1959-09-28T00:00:00Z[11].
- Discoverer 5's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[12].
- Discoverer 5's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[13].
- Discoverer 5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.012019'}[14].
- Discoverer 5's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1[15].
- Discoverer 5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80'}[16].
- Discoverer 5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+781'}[17].
- Discoverer 5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90'}[18].
- Discoverer 5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+353'}[19].
- Discoverer 5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+193'}[20].
- Discoverer 5's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.52'}[21].
- Discoverer 5's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121p_vpv[22].
- Discoverer 5's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00018"][23].
- Discoverer 5's Harvard designation is recorded as 1959 Epsilon 1[24].
- Discoverer 5's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1959-005A[25].
Why It Matters
Discoverer 5 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #19 of 76).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]