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Explorer 19
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 19 Dec 1963, 06:49 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout X-4 (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Explorer 19 was the second in a series of 3.66-m inflatable spheres placed into orbit to determine atmospheric densities.