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EXPLORER 1

NORAD 4 · Payload · Reentered 1970-03-31

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Launched
1958-02-01 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
8 kg
Size
0.8 × 0.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
183 × 215 km
Inclination
33.1°
Period
88.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0024
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).