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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space.

Typical orbit: 386 x 12162 km, 89.4 deg inclinaton. Mass: 403 kg (888 lb).

Dynamics Explorer Chronology

1981 August 3 - Dynamics Explorer 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Mass: 403 kg (888 lb). Perigee: 528 km (328 mi). Apogee: 23,232 km (14,435 mi). Inclination: 88.60 deg. Period: 409.20 min.
Dynamics Explorer 1.

1981 August 3 - Dynamics Explorer 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Perigee: 304 km (188 mi). Apogee: 1,002 km (622 mi). Inclination: 90.00 deg. Period: 97.80 min.
Dynamics Explorer 2.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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