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Explorer 18 - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

Explorer 18 18

Status

Success

DATE

27 NOV 1963

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force + -img

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

USA

Description

Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.

Thor Delta C

Thor Delta C

USA

Rocket Description

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

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