USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 21

Name: USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 21
Start: 1964-10-04T03:45:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17A

Thor Delta C

Status

Success

Date

4 OCT 1964

03:45

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Explorer 21 (IMP 2) 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