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Thor Able III | Explorer 6

Name: Thor Able III | Explorer 6
Start: 1959-08-07T14:24:20.000Z
End: 1959-08-07T14:24:20.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

August 7, 1959 at 2:24 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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August 7, 1959 at 2:24 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4472, -80.5650

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Rocket: Thor Able III
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 7, 1959 at 2:24 PM UTC
Window closes: August 7, 1959 at 2:24 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Thor Able III

Thor · Able III

Height

27.4 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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