NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Explorer 52 (Hawkeye 1)

Launch Time
Mon Jun 03, 1974 23:09 UTC

First, and last flight of Scout E1.

Rocket

Scout E1
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Stages: 5
Strap-ons: 0

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