&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:S_46_(Explorer_8).jpg) Prototype satellite payload of the Explorer S-46 satellite (Gift of James A. Van Allen and the University of Iowa) [1] | |
| Names | NASA S-46 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Earth science |
| Operator | NASA / JPL |
| COSPAR ID | EXS-46 |
| Mission duration | Failed to orbit |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Explorer S-46 |
| Spacecraft type | Science Explorer |
| Bus | S-46 |
| Manufacturer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Launch mass | 41 kg (90 lb) |
| Dimensions | 76 × 76 cm (30 × 30 in) |
| Power | 100 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 March 1960, 13:35:11 GMT |
| Rocket | Juno II (AM-19C) |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-26B |
| Contractor | Army Ballistic Missile Agency |
| End of mission | |
| Destroyed | Failed to orbit |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Regime | Medium Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 573 km (356 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 1,073 km (667 mi) |
| Inclination | 50.27° |
| Instruments | |
| Cadmium sulfide (CdS) Proton Detector Cadmium sulfide (CdS) Particle Detector Electron Spectrometer High Energy Geiger–Müller Tube Medium Energy Geiger–Müller Tube | |
Explorer program | |
Explorer S-46 was a NASA satellite with a mass of 41 kg (90 lb). It was the last of the original series of Explorer satellites built, designed, and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA).[2]
- ^ "Payload Test Unit of the Satellite S-46". Smithsonian - National Air and Space Museum. March 1993. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Display:S-46A EXS-46". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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