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Explorer 1
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Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States, sent into orbit in 1958 during the Space Race with the Soviet Union. It mattered because it demonstrated American capability in space technology and carried instruments that made important scientific discoveries, including detecting the radiation belts around Earth.
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Key facts
- Names
- Explorer I, 1958 Alpha 1
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Operator
- JPL / ABMA
- Harvard designation
- 1958 Alpha 1
- Cospar id
- 1958-001A
- Satcat number span no
- 00004
- Mission duration
- 120 days (planned), 111 days (achieved)
- Spacecraft
- Explorer I
- Spacecraft type
- Science Explorer
- Bus
- Explorer 1
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Launch mass
- 13.97 kg (30.8 lb)
- Dimensions
- 203 cm (80 in) length, 15.2 cm (6.0 in) diameter
- Power
- 60 watts
- Launch date
- 1 February 1958, 03:47:56 GMT
- Rocket
- Juno I (RS-29)
- Launch site
- Atlantic Missile Range , LC-26A
- Contractor
- Army Ballistic Missile Agency
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite
- Operator
- Army Ballistic Missile Agency
- Followed by
- Explorer 2
- Duration
- 9590400
- Developer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Parent body
- Earth
- Mass
- 13.97
- Orbital period
- 114.8
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Image
- Explorer1.jpg
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- Commons category
- Explorer 1
- carries scientific instrument
- Geiger counter
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1958-02-01
- space launch vehicle
- Juno I
- Commons gallery
- Explorer 1
- time of object orbit decay
- 1970-03-31
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 26
- type of orbit
- medium Earth orbit
- periapsis
- 358
- apoapsis
- 2550
- orbital inclination
- 33.24
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.140
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 7832.2
- argument of periapsis
- 311.5310
- mean anomaly
- 48.3249
- longitude of ascending node
- 334.617
- nominal power output
- 60
- native label
- Explorer 1
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Explorer 1 var den första amerikanska satelliten. Den sköts upp med en Juno I raket, från Cape Canaveral Air Force Station i Florida, den 1 februari 1958. Den sände data fram till den 23 maj 1958. Den ritades, byggdes och skickades iväg på mindre än tre månader som direkt respons på dåvarande Sovjetunionens första satellit Sputnik 1. Den hade instrument som mätte kosmisk strålning, och temperatur. Omloppstiden runt jorden var 115 minuter, och avståndet från jordytan varierade från 358 till 2550 km. Explorer 1 upptäckte Van Allen-bältet som fick sitt namn efter vetenskapsmannen som byggt mätinstrumentet för kosmisk strålning.
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