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Explorer 7
1959 research satellite. Explorer 7 was launched on October 13, 1959 aboard a Juno II from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1959 IOT 1NORAD 22United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 7
- Payload designation
- NASA S-1A
- International designator
- 1959 IOT 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 22
- GCAT identifier
- S00022
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ExplorerG
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency
- Platform (bus)
- S-1
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 1959 · 15:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 IOTSuccess
- Rocket
- Juno II
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 560 km
- Apogee
- 1,087 km
- Inclination
- 50.27°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 1961
- End of operations
- February 1961
Size
- Mass
- 41 kg
- Dry mass
- 41 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2509028 (CC0).