Explorer 15 (EPE-C)
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:15:01
Saturday October 27, 1962
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Final flight of Delta A
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.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
1 Payload
45 kilograms
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Delta A
2nd
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1962
1962
67th
Orbital launch attempt