Thor Delta C | Explorer 21

Name: Thor Delta C | Explorer 21
Start: 1964-10-04T03:45:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Explorer 21 (IMP 2) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.

Mission Details

Launch date: October 4, 1964 at 03:45 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor Delta C
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Astrophysics