CORONA

• Discoverer 2 capsule down 1/2 orbit off - Spitzbergen (see “Ice Station Zebra”!)

• Discoverer 4 was first to carry camera - but perigee was 2 km :-(

• Discoverer 5 fired retro wrong way, high orbit

• Exploding spin rockets, failing power supply, parachute failure, launch failures...

• Discoverer 13 (no camera payload) recovered from sea

• Discoverer 14 mid-air catch, pictures of USSR airbases