United States Air ForceThor Delta CSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Explorer 18
Launched
November 27, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
Explorer 18 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta C from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 27, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 169th launch, 43rd this year and humanity's 283rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Thor Delta C flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta C · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st Thor Delta C flightUnited States Air Force's 169th launch43rd this yearhumanity's 283rd orbital launch attempt59th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload
- IMP 1 · NORAD 693 · left Earth orbit November 27, 1963
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
17th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 4th this year · 104th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
160 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Explorer 18 launch?
Explorer 18 launched on November 27, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Explorer 18?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Explorer 18?
Thor Delta C, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta C spec sheet
Where did Explorer 18 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Explorer 18 going to?
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did Explorer 18 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).