Thor Able III | Explorer 6
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 7, 1959, 2:24 p.m. - Aug. 7, 1959, 2:24 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 7, 1959, 2:24 p.m. - Aug. 7, 1959, 2:24 p.m.
Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.
American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.
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