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EXPLORER 49 (RAE-2)
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Explorer 49 was a NASA 328 kg (723 lb) satellite launched on 10 June 1973, for long wave radio astronomy research. It had four 230 m (750 ft) X-shaped antenna elements, which made it one of the largest spacecraft ever built.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 10, 1973 at 02:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 1913 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- RAE 2
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 198.86 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1973-039A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6686
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active