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EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)

NORAD 3307 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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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.