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Explorer 11
Space observatory. Explorer 11 was launched on April 27, 1961 aboard a Juno II from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.
COSPAR 1961 NU 1NORAD 107United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 11
- Payload designation
- NASA S-15
- International designator
- 1961 NU 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 107
- GCAT identifier
- S00107
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ExplorerG
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- S-15
Launch
- Date
- April 27, 1961 · 14:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 NUSuccess
- Rocket
- Juno II
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC26B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 497 km
- Apogee
- 1,777 km
- Inclination
- 28.76°
- Status
- In orbit, attached to another object
- Last known active
- Dec 6, 1961
- End of operations
- Dec 6, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 40 kg
- Dry mass
- 40 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 45 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 1.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49695 (CC0).