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Thor Delta C | Explorer 26

Explorer 26

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Launch Details

Date: 21 Dec 1964, 09:00 am UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta C (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

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

Mission Description

Explorer 26 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields.