LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Nov 27 1963
United States Air Force
Explorer 18
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Thor Delta CDescription:
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B