Explorer 32

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 25 May 1966, 02:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta C1 (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

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

Mission Description

AE B (Aeronomy Explorer B) was an aeronomy satellite which was designed to directly measure temperatures, composition, densities, and pressures in the upper atmosphere on a global basis.