Scout X-3 | Explorer 16

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Scout X-3 — Scout family

Mission

Explorer 16 was the second in the series of micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA. Its purpose was to obtain data on the near-earth meteoroid environment, thus providing an accurate estimate of the probability of penetration in spacecraft structures by meteoroids and allowing a more confident definition of the relationship between penetration flux and material thickness to be derived.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Area 3
• Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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