Thor Able III | Explorer 6

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: Thor Able III — Thor family

Mission

Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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