Earth orbit
Explorer 52
X-ray source location.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-ray source location. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1975-037; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 May 1975, 22:45:01 UTC
- Launch location
- San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay, Kenya
- Launch vehicle
- Scout F-1
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 9 April 1979
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Explorer 52
X-ray source location.
- GCAT ID
- S07788
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 189 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 4.7 m span
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