Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar radiation. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1965-093; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 19 November 1965, 04:48:27 UTC
- Launch location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
- Launch vehicle
- Scout X-4
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 20 November 1967
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Explorer 30
Solar radiation.
- GCAT ID
- S01738
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Lab
- Launch mass
- 57 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.6 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 0.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Explorer 30.
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