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EPE-B
Former American research satellite. EPE-B was launched on October 2, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta A from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy.
COSPAR 1962 B GAM 1NORAD 432United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 14
- Common name
- EPE-B
- Payload designation
- NASA S-3A
- Other names
- :N,:NA,EPE B:NB
- International designator
- 1962 B GAM 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 432
- GCAT identifier
- S00432
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.021
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
- October 2, 1962 · 22:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 B GAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta A
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 915 km
- Apogee
- 96,959 km
- Inclination
- 33.60°
- Status
- R?
- Status date
- 1965
- Last known active
- Aug 11, 1963
- End of operations
- Aug 11, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 40 kg
- Dry mass
- 40 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q733468 (CC0).