Explorer 26 (EPE-D)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:00:03

Monday December 21, 1964

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Mission Details

Explorer 26 (EPE D)

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Explorer 26 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft weighing 45.8 kilograms (101 lb). It carried five experiments: Solid-State Electron Detector, Omnidirectional and Unidirectional Electron and Proton Fluxes, Fluxgate Magnetometers, Proton-Electron Scintillation Detector, and Solar Cell Damage.

Medium Earth Orbit

1 Payload

46 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta C

Active 1963 to 1967


Rocket

Height: 31m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 410 kg

GTO: 82 kg

Liftoff Thrust

667 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Launch Site

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Stats

Delta C


3rd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1964

1964


99th

Orbital launch attempt