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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 16 kg.
S-46 Chronology
23 March 1960
Explorer Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Juno II. FAILURE: Upper stage failed to ignite. Third stage failed to ignite due to loss of radio contact. Mass: 16 kg.
Bibliography:- 126 - Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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