EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)
NORAD 3307 · Payload · In orbit since 1968
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1968-07-04 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 189 kg
- Size
- 0.8 × 0.9 m · 228 m deployed
- Orbit class
- MEO
- Perigee × Apogee
- 5,823 × 5,864 km
- Inclination
- 120.8°
- Period
- 223.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0017
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.