Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.
Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space.
Specification
Total Mass: 403 kg.
Dynamics Explorer Chronology
03 August 1981 Dynamics Explorer 1 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Mass: 403 kg. Perigee: 468 km. Apogee: 23,322 km. Inclination: 88.8 deg.
Dynamics Explorer 1.
Bibliography:
2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html