Payload
EXPLORER 19 (ADI-1)
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 714
Explorer 19,, was a NASA satellite launched on 19 December 1963, as part of the Explorer program. It was the third of six identical Explorer satellites launched to study air density and composition, and the second to reach orbit. It was identical to Explorer 9.
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- Launch date
- December 19, 1963 at 06:49 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Scout X-4 →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Explorer 19
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 301 km
- Periapsis
- 259 km
- Inclination
- 78.67°
- Orbital period
- 90.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 7 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø3.66 × 3.66 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1963-053A
- NORAD catalog №
- 714
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 9.9821 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 10, 1981
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 10, 1981
- Time in service
- 17.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed