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EPE-A
Former American research satellite. EPE-A was launched on August 16, 1961 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 31, 1963).
COSPAR 1961 UPSNORAD 170United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 12
- Common name
- EPE-A
- Payload designation
- NASA S-3
- Other names
- :N,:NA,EPE A:NB
- International designator
- 1961 UPS
- NORAD catalog number
- 170
- GCAT identifier
- S00170
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Explorer EPE
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Raymond Engineering Laboratories
- Platform (bus)
- EPE
Launch
- Date
- August 16, 1961 · 03:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 UPSSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 457 km
- Apogee
- 77,170 km
- Inclination
- 33.43°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 31, 1963
- Last known active
- Dec 6, 1961
- End of operations
- Dec 6, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 38 kg
- Dry mass
- 38 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1166026 (CC0).