United States Air ForceThor-DeltaSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Delta DM-19 | Explorer 10
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United States Air Force's 43rd launch · 5th this year · humanity's 104th orbital launch attempt
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Window: Mar 25, 15:17 – Mar 25, 15:17 UTC
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Explorer 10
Explorer 10 was a NASA magnetometer and plasma probe sent into a highly elliptical orbit reaching about 180,000 km to study the magnetosphere and cislunar space. It operated for about 52 hours on batteries and was the first satellite to measure the shock wave from a solar flare.
Heliophysics · High Earth Orbit (HEO)
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