Discoverer 6
American military reconnaissance satellite
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Discoverer 6
Summary
Discoverer 6 is a reconnaissance satellite[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #22 of 76).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer 6's image is recorded as Agena-A Discoverer.jpg[3].
- Discoverer 6's instance of is recorded as reconnaissance satellite[4].
- Discoverer 6's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1959-006A[5].
- Discoverer 6's part of is recorded as Corona[6].
- Discoverer 6's Commons category is recorded as Discoverer 6[7].
- Discoverer 6's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena A[8].
- Discoverer 6's SCN is recorded as 00019[9].
- Discoverer 6's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-08-19T00:00:00Z[10].
- Discoverer 6's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1959-10-20T00:00:00Z[11].
- Discoverer 6's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[12].
- Discoverer 6's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[13].
- Discoverer 6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.046'}[14].
- Discoverer 6's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1[15].
- Discoverer 6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84'}[16].
- Discoverer 6's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+794'}[17].
- Discoverer 6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+95.2'}[18].
- Discoverer 6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+848'}[19].
- Discoverer 6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+212'}[20].
- Discoverer 6's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.52'}[21].
- Discoverer 6's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122537kx[22].
- Discoverer 6's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00019"][23].
- Discoverer 6's Harvard designation is recorded as 1959 Zeta 1[24].
- Discoverer 6's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1959-006A[25].
Why It Matters
Discoverer 6 draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (reconnaissance_satellite category, ranking #22 of 76).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]