National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout X-3Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Scout X-3 | Explorer 16
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 45th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 221st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 16, 14:33 – Dec 16, 14:33 UTC
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Explorer 16
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.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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