USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 18

Name: USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 18
Start: 1963-11-27T02:30:01.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17B

Thor Delta C

Status

Success

Date

27 NOV 1963

02:30

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Thor Delta C

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

27.5 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

52 T

Thrust

667 kN