USAF Thor Able III Explorer 6
Thor Able III
Status
Success
Date
7 AUG 1959
14:24
Launch Provider
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Thor Able III
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not available