EXPLORER 1
NORAD 4 · Payload · Reentered 1970-03-31
View in the 3D atlas →- 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).