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EXPLORER 15 (SERB 53B)

NORAD 445 · Payload · Reentered 1978-01-15

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Launched
1962-10-27 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
44 kg
Size
0.5 × 0.7 m · 1.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
152 × 800 km
Inclination
18.0°
Period
94.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0473
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.