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Class: Solar. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Radiation and solar wind data.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 42 kg.
EPE Chronology
16 August 1961
Explorer 12 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 38 kg. Perigee: 790 km. Apogee: 76,620 km. Inclination: 33.4 deg. Radiation and solar wind data. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
02 October 1962
Explorer 14 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta A. Mass: 40 kg. Perigee: 2,558 km. Apogee: 96,229 km. Inclination: 42.3 deg. Magnetosphere studies. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
27 October 1962
Explorer 15 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta A. Mass: 45 kg. Perigee: 306 km. Apogee: 17,610 km. Inclination: 17.9 deg. Radiation decay data. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
21 December 1964
Explorer 26 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta C. Mass: 46 kg. Perigee: 284 km. Apogee: 10,043 km. Inclination: 19.8 deg. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
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
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