Thor Delta C
SuccessExplorer 18 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Nov 27, 1963, 02:30 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Nov 27, 1963, 02:30 UTC – Wednesday, Nov 27, 1963, 02:30 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Explorer 18
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.
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