Explorer 6 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
7 Aug 1959, 2:24pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Explorer 6
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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