USAF Thor Delta A Explorer 14

Name: USAF Thor Delta A Explorer 14
Start: 1962-10-02T22:11:30.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17B

Thor Delta A

Status

Success

Date

2 OCT 1962

22:11

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Explorer 14 was a spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields.

Rocket

Thor Delta A

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Height

31 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

50 T

Thrust

667 kN