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Discoverer 22 also known as Corona 9015 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was a KH-2 Corona’ satellite based around an Agena-B.The launch of Discoverer 22 occurred at 20:34:43 UTC on 30 March 1961. A Thor DM-21 Agena-B rocket was used flying from Launch Complex 75-3-4 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base.