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Thor Delta C | Explorer 18
United States Air Force · Thor Delta C · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 169th launch · 43rd this year · humanity's 283rd orbital launch attempt
November 27, 1963Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 27, 02:30 – Nov 27, 02:30 UTC
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Explorer 18
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.
Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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