Explorer 6
NASA earth science satellite launched in 1959
Also known as S-2 · Able 3 · Explorer VI
- Instance of
Overview
All data
28 statements · 43% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Able III serial number: 134
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- Thor Able III serial number: 134
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry(July 1, 1961)
- loss of signal(October 6, 1959)
- rocket launch(August 7, 1959) location: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A
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- Eccentricity
- 0.7588
- Inclination
- 47 degree
- Orbital period
- 765 min
- Apoapsis
- 42,400 km
- Periapsis
- 245 km
On other databases
6 identifiers linking Explorer 6 across the web's reference databases
- COSPAR ID1959-004A
- Freebase ID/m/03_2v6
- Harvard designation1959 Delta 1
- NSSDCA ID1959-004A
- SCN00015
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Satellite", "00015"]