Status
Success
Explorer 52 (Hawkeye 1)
Launch Time
Mon Jun 03, 1974 23:09 UTC
Mon Jun 03, 1974 23:09 UTC
First, and last flight of Scout E1.
Rocket
Mission Details
Explorer 52
The primary mission objective of Explorer 52 (Hawkeye, IE D, Ionospheric Explorer D, Injun 6 or Neutral Point Explorer) was to conduct particles and fields investigations of the polar magnetosphere of the earth out to 21 earth radii. Secondary objectives were to make magnetic field and plasma distribution measurements in the solar wind, and to study Type-3 radio emissions caused by solar electron streams in the interplanetary medium.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 23.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-5, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1974
43rd orbital launch attempt
Scout
69th mission
3rd mission of 1974
56th successful mission
18th consecutive successful mission