USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 26

Name: USAF Thor Delta C Explorer 26
Start: 1964-12-21T09:00:03.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17A

Thor Delta C

Status

Success

Date

21 DEC 1964

09:00

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Thor Delta C

Mission Type

Earth Science

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