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Explorer 38
Low frequency radio observatory.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Low frequency radio observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-055; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 4 July 1968, 17:26:50 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta J
- Orbit
- Medium Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 25 December 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Explorer 38
Low frequency radio observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S03307
- Manufacturer
- GSFC/FAIRH
- Launch mass
- 189 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 228 m span
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