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Discoverer 16 also known as Corona 9011 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1960. It was the first KH-2 Corona’ satellite based around an Agena-B.The launch of Discoverer 16 occurred at 20:26 UTC on 26 October 1960. A Thor DM-21 Agena-B rocket was used flying from Launch Complex 75-3-4 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
