1960 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA S-46
failureJuno II | NASA S-46
Explorer 5 was a United States satellite with a mass of 15.7 kg. It was the last of the original series of Explorers built, designed, and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 23, 1960 at 01:35 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 26B
- Mission
- NASA S-46
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit