Payload
EXPLORER 16
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Explorer 16, also called S-55B, was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program. Explorer 16 was launched on 16 December 1962, at 14:33:04 GMT, from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, with a Scout X-3.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 16, 1962 at 02:33 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Scout X-3 →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Explorer 16
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,145 km
- Periapsis
- 742 km
- Inclination
- 52°
- Orbital period
- 103.91 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 99.9 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1962-070A
- NORAD catalog №
- 506
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.599 m²
- Status
- active