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Explorer 23
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 6 Nov 1964, 12:02 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout X-4 (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Materials Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
The Explorer 23 or S 55c micrometeoroid satellite was the third in the series of S 55 micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA.