Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:00:03
Monday December 21, 1964
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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
Agency
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 31m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 410 kg
GTO: 82 kg
Liftoff Thrust
667 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
3rd
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1964
99th
Orbital launch attempt