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Explorer 10
NASA satellite of the Explorer program. Explorer 10 was launched on March 25, 1961 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Mar 26, 1961).
COSPAR 1961 KAPNORAD 98United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 10
- Payload designation
- NASA P-14
- International designator
- 1961 KAP
- NORAD catalog number
- 98
- GCAT identifier
- S00098
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ExplorerG
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- P-14
Launch
- Date
- March 25, 1961 · 15:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 KAPSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 221 km
- Apogee
- 181,000 km
- Inclination
- 33.00°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- March 26, 1961
- Last known active
- Mar 27, 1961
- End of operations
- Mar 27, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 35 kg
- Dry mass
- 35 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 2.2 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00017
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- March 26, 1961
- Phase outcome
- R? · June 1968
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2291441 (CC0).