National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout BLaunch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Explorer 37
Launched
March 5, 1968
Image: NASA
Summary
Explorer 37 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout B from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on March 5, 1968. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 92nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 806th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Scout B flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SR IX, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 894 km orbit inclined 59.4°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Scout B flight · 1st this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 92nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 806th orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SR IX · NORAD 3141 · 1968-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 37 (SE-B)
- Object ID
- 1968-017A
- Epoch
- 1968-03-06 03:48:19 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.58409344 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0266549
- Inclination
- 59.4106°
- Ascending node
- 218.1613°
- Arg. of perigee
- 274.2367°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.8162°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 2 components; none still in orbit
- SR IX · NORAD 3141 · re-entered November 16, 1990
Scout S160C Stage 4 · re-entered December 25, 1980
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Solar science satellite inserted into an off-nominal orbit.
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
8th launch from Launch Area 3A, 1st this year · 37th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
138 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Explorer 37 launch?
Explorer 37 launched on March 5, 1968. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Explorer 37?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Explorer 37?
Scout B, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout B spec sheet
Where did Explorer 37 launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Explorer 37 reach?
SR IX, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 894 km orbit inclined 59.4°.
How many satellites did Explorer 37 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).