MISSION NAME
Explorer 26 26
Status
Success
DATE
21 DEC 1964
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Description
Explorer 26 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields.
Thor Delta C
Rocket Description
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.