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EXPLORER 23

NORAD 924 · Payload · Reentered 1983-06-29

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Launched
1964-11-06 · Wallops Island, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
96 kg
Size
0.9 × 0.6 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
165 × 177 km
Inclination
51.9°
Period
87.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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