flown missionSuccess
Scout X-4 | Explorer 23
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Area 3 — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Explorer 23
- Type
- Materials Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The Explorer 23 or S 55c micrometeoroid satellite was the third in the series of S 55 micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Family
- Scout
- Variant
- 4
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Area 3
- Location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 37.8495, -75.4725