Explorer 2

USA

Spacecraft nº: 6

USA spacecraft nº: 4

Launch data:

Designation	F00006 / 58F02
Launch date	5 Mar 1958 - 18:27:57 UT
Launch site	CC, LC-26A
Launch vehicle	Jupiter C (Juno-1) (UV)
Mission	Earth Science

Failure.
First, second and third stages worked as planned but the fourth stage failed to ignite and the satellite and stage fell into the Atlantic Ocean at 4830 km range.

Spacecraft data:

Manufacturer	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Operator	Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Platform
Mass at launch	14,52 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Decay	05 Mar 1958

Ref.: #7, #27, #102(SL13) - update: 2.07.04

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