Status
Success
Explorer 15 (EPE-C)
Launch Time
Sat Oct 27, 1962 23:15 UTC
Sat Oct 27, 1962 23:15 UTC
Final flight of Delta A
Rocket
Mission Details
Explorer 15 (EPE-C)
Explorer 15 was a spin-stabilized, solar cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to study the artificial radiation belt produced by the Starfish high-altitude nuclear burst of July 1962.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 45.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1962
67th orbital launch attempt
Delta A
2nd mission
2nd mission of 1962
2nd successful mission