 On October 24, NASA received the news from the West Coast of the United States that a hydraulics failure had prevented Discoverer 33 from reaching orbit the previous day, which necessitated taking Agena 6002 down from the stack and giving it a thorough checkout.The stage was found to have the same problem as Discoverer 33's Agena, necessitating repair work.It took until mid-November before everything was finally ready.