Payload
EXPLORER 13
DecayedPayloadLEO
Explorer 13,, was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program on 25 August 1961, at 18:29:44 GMT, from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Virginia.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 25, 1961 at 06:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Scout X-1 →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 810 km
- Periapsis
- 365 km
- Inclination
- 36.42°
- Orbital period
- 96.43 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1961-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 180
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 28, 1961
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 28, 1961
- Time in service
- 3 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed