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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Magnetic field, solar flare data. Typical orbit: 523 km x 857 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 41 kg (90 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Juno II. S-1 Chronology - 1959 July 16 - Explorer S-1 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Jupiter. FAILURE: Control lost after 5.5 sec. Destroyed by range safety. Mass: 41 kg (90 lb).
Bibliography and Further Reading
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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