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Explorer 46
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 13 Aug 1972, 03:10 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout D-1 (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
Satellite dedicated to meteroid research