Payload
EXPLORER 27
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EXPLORER 27 is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 29, 1965 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 29, 1965 at 02:17 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Scout X-4 →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Beacon Explorer C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,295 km
- Periapsis
- 932 km
- Inclination
- 41.19°
- Orbital period
- 107.55 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 55 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-032A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1328
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.0809 m²
- Status
- active