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EXPLORER 40 (INJUN 5)

NORAD 3338 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-08-08 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
70 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.8 m · 5 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
679 × 2,475 km
Inclination
80.7°
Period
117.5 min
Eccentricity
0.1130
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.