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RAE 1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 4 July 1968, 05:26 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta J (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
The RAE A (Radio Astronomy Explorer A) spacecraft measured the intensity of celestial radio sources, particularly the sun, as a function of time, direction, and frequency (0.2 to 20 MHz).