LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Aug 07 1959
United States Air Force
Explorer 6
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Thor Able IIIDescription:
American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A