Explorer 6
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NASA earth science satellite launched in 1959
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- NASA
- Country of origin
- United States
- Parent body
- Earth
- Mass
- 64.4
- Orbital period
- 765
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Image
- Explorer 6 paddles up.jpg
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- periapsis
- 245
- Commons category
- Explorer 6
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1959-08-07
- time of object orbit decay
- 1961-07-01
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- type of orbit
- highly elliptical orbit
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.7588
- orbital inclination
- 47
- apoapsis
- 42400
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