LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Thor Able III Explorer 6

Name: USAF Thor Able III Explorer 6
Start: 1959-08-07T14:24:20.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17A

Status

Success

DATE

7 AUG 1959

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

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.

Thor Able III

Rocket Description

American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.

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