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Explorer 39
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 8 Aug 1968, 08:12 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout B (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Explorer 39 was an inflatable sphere, 3.6 m in diameter. It was orbited to make atmospheric density determinations.