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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 a KH-3 Corona’‘‘ satellite based around an Agena-B.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.