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SuccessExplorer 6 · United States Air Force
Startzeit (NET)
Freitag, 07.08.1959, 14:24 UTC
Startfenster
Freitag, 07.08.1959, 14:24 UTC – Freitag, 07.08.1959, 14:24 UTC
Anbieter
United States Air Force
Rakete
Startrampe
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Karte öffnen
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Explorer 6
Typ
Earth Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.
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