Thor Able III | Explorer 6

Name: Thor Able III | Explorer 6
Start: 1959-08-07T14:24:20Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: August 7, 1959 at 02:24 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor Able III
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Earth Science