Payload
EXPLORER 10
DecayedPayload
Explorer 10 was a NASA satellite that investigated Earth's magnetic field and nearby plasma. Launched on 25 March 1961, it was an early mission in the Explorer program and was the first satellite to measure the "shock wave" generated by a solar flare.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 25, 1961 at 03:17 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor-Delta →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Launch record
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Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 34.69 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1961-010A
- NORAD catalog №
- 98
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 30, 1961
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 30, 1961
- Time in service
- 97 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed