Explorer 14 (EPE-B)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:11:30

Tuesday October 2, 1962

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Mission Details

Explorer 14 (EPE-B)

Wiki

Explorer 14 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

40 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta A

Active in 1962


Payload to Orbit

LEO: 320 kg

GTO: 68 kg

Stages

3

Launch Site

SLC-17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Delta A


1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1962

1962


58th

Orbital launch attempt