EntityQ2398310· pop 12· linked from 143 articlesDiscoverer 1Sign in to saveAmerican reconnaissance satellite launched in 1959; failed to achieve orbitConnectionsCoronaEntityCentral Intelligence AgencyEntityEarthConceptCaliforniaEntitySoviet UnionConcepttechnologyEntitynitrogenEntitySouth PoleEntityUnited States Air ForceEntityGreenwich Mean TimeEntityAlexandriaEntityballistic missileEntityEdward Mills PurcellEntityorbital periodEntityapsisEntityEastern BlocEntitylow Earth orbitEntityLuna 1Entityorbital inclinationEntityUnited States Department of DefenseConceptCategoriesReconnaissance satellites of the United StatesSpacecraft launched in 1959Spacecraft which reentered in 1959