Explorer 15

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 27 Oct 1962, 11:15 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta A (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

Explorer 15 was instrumented to study the artificial radiation belt produced by the Starfish high-altitude nuclear burst of July 1962. The backup payload for Explorer 14 was modified and used for Explorer 15.