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”’Discoverer 33”’, also known as ”’Corona 9026”’, was an American optical [[reconnaissance satellite]] which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was the eighth of ten [[Corona (satellite)|Corona KH-2]] satellites, based on the [[RM-81 Agena|Agena-B]].<ref name=”GSP”>{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-2.htm|title=KH-2 Corona|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|publisher=Gunter’s Space Page|accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref>

”’Discoverer 33”’, also known as ”’Corona 9026”’, was an American optical [[reconnaissance satellite]] which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was the eighth of ten [[Corona (satellite)|Corona KH-2]] satellites, based on the [[RM-81 Agena|Agena-B]].<ref name=”GSP”>{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-2.htm|title=KH-2 Corona|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|publisher=Gunter’s Space Page|accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref>

Reconnaissance satellite

Discoverer 33, also known as Corona 9026, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was the eighth of ten Corona KH-2 satellites, based on the Agena-B.^[1]

The launch of Discoverer 33 occurred at 19:23 UTC on 23 October 1961. A Thor DM-21 Agena-B rocket was used, flying from Launch Complex 75-3-5 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base.^[2] The launch ended in failure after the Agena suffered a hydraulics system malfunction that led to premature main engine shutdown.^[3]

Discoverer 33 was intended to have operated in a low Earth orbit. It had a mass of 1,150 kilograms (2,540 lb),^[4] and was equipped with a panoramic camera with a focal length of 61 centimetres (24 in), which had a maximum resolution of 7.6 metres (25 ft).^[5] It would have recorded images onto 70-millimeter (2.8 in) film, and returned this in a Satellite Recovery Vehicle at the end of its mission. The Satellite Recovery Vehicle carried by Discoverer 33 was SRV-553.

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