The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

Explorer Spacecraft (continued)
Launch
Explorer 133
Explorer/aka Date Vehicle Site Orbit Mass (kg)
42 SAS 1 Dec. 12, 1970 Scout B San Marco 521 × 570 × 3° 143
43 IMP-8 Mar. 13, 1971 Delta M Cape Canaveral 1,845 × 203,130 × 31° 288
44 Solrad 10 Jul. 8, 1971 Scout B Wallops Island 433 × 632 × 51° 118
45 SSS-1 Nov. 15, 1971 Scout B San Marco 272 × 18,149 × 3° 52
46 MTS Aug. 13, 1972 Scout D Wallops Island 492 × 811 × 38° 136
47 IMP-9 Sep. 22, 1972 Delta 1914 Cape Canaveral 201,100 × 235,600 × 17° 376
48 SAS 2 Nov. 16, 1972 Scout D San Marco 526 × 526 × 1° 185
49 RAE 2 Jun. 10, 1973 Delta 1914 Cape Canaveral 1,053 × 1,064 × 56° 328
50 IMP-11 Oct. 25, 1973 Delta 1914 Cape Canaveral 141,185 × 288,857 × 28° 371
51 AE 3 Dec. 16, 1973 Delta 1914 Vandenberg 155 × 4,306 × 68° 658
52 Hawkeye Jun. 3, 1974 Scout D Vandenberg 469 × 125,569 × 89° 27
53 SAS 3 May 7, 1975 Scout F San Marco 498 × 507 × 3° 195
54 AE 4 Oct. 6, 1975 Delta 2914 Vandenberg 151 × 3,819 × 90° 676
55 AE 5 Nov. 20, 1975 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral 154 × 3,002 × 20° 721
56 ISEE-1 Oct. 22, 1977 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral 436 × 137,806 × 13° 340
57 IUE Jan. 26, 1978 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral 30,285 × 41,296 × 34° 672
58 HCMM Apr. 26, 1978 Scout D Vandenberg 560 × 641 × 98° 134
59 ISEE-3 Aug. 12, 1978 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral 181 × 1,089,200 × 1° 479
60 SAGE Feb. 18, 1979 Scout D Wallops Island 456 × 506 × 55° 147
61 Magsat Oct. 30, 1979 Scout G Vandenberg 352 × 561 × 97° 181
62 DE-1 Aug. 3, 1981 Delta 3914 Vandenberg 568 × 23,289 × 90° 424
63 DE-2 Aug. 3, 1981 Delta 3914 Vandenberg 309 × 1,012 × 80° 420
64 SME Oct. 6, 1981 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral 335 × 337 × 98° 437
65 AMPTE/CCE Aug. 16, 1984 Delta 3925 Cape Canaveral 1,121 × 49,671 × 5° 242
66 COBE Nov. 18, 1989 Delta 5920 Vandenberg 872 × 886 × 99° 2,265
67 EUVE Jun. 7, 1992 Delta 6925 Cape Canaveral 510 × 524 × 28° 3,275
68 SAMPEX Jul. 3, 1992 Scout G Vandenberg 506 × 670 × 82° 158
69 RXTE Dec. 30, 1995 Delta 7920 Cape Canaveral 409 × 409 × 29° 3,200
70 FAST Aug. 21, 1996 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 353 × 4,163 × 83° 187
71 ACE Aug. 25, 1997 Delta 7920 Cape Canaveral Halo 785
72 SNOE Feb. 26, 1998 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 529 × 581 × 98° 120
73 TRACE Apr. 2, 1998 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 602 × 652 × 98° 250
74 SWAS Dec. 6, 1998 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 637 × 651 × 70° 288
75 WIRE Mar. 5, 1999 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 540 × 590 × 98° 259
76 TERRIERS May 18, 1999 Pegasus XL Vandenberg 537 × 552 × 98° 120
77 FUSE Jun. 24, 1999 Delta 7925 Cape Canaveral 753 × 769 × 25° 1,400
78 IMAGE Mar. 25, 2000 Delta 7326 Vandenberg 1,000 × 45,922 × 40° 494
79 HETE-2 Oct. 9, 2000 Pegasus Kwajalein 598 × 641 × 1.9° 124
80 MAP Jun. 30, 2001 Delta 7425 Cape Canaveral Halo 840
81 RHESSI Feb. 5, 2002 Pegasus Cape Canaveral 600 × 600 × 38° 293