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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. First Earth photo; radiation data. Typical orbit: 245 km x 42400 km at 47 degrees inclination. Mass: 64 kg (141 lb).
S-2 Chronology - 1959 August 7 - Explorer 6 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 64 kg (141 lb). Perigee: 245 km (152 mi). Apogee: 42,400 km (26,300 mi). Inclination: 47.00 deg. Period: 765.00 min.
First Earth photo; radiation data.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
- NASA Report, Scientific Findings from Explorer VI, Web Address when accessed: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650012364_1965012364.pdf.
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