Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar X-rays. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-017; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 5 March 1968, 18:28:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
- Launch vehicle
- Scout B
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · October 1974
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Explorer 37
Solar X-rays.
- GCAT ID
- S03141
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Lab
- Launch mass
- 119 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.7 m diameter · 0.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Explorer 37.
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