S-30

Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Ionospheric research.

Typical orbit: 394 km x 1331 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 41 kg (90 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Juno II.

S-30 Chronology

1960 November 3 - Explorer 8 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Jupiter. Mass: 41 kg (90 lb). Perigee: 394 km (244 mi). Apogee: 1,331 km (827 mi). Inclination: 49.90 deg. Period: 102.20 min.
Ionospheric research. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

Bibliography and Further Reading

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited since Sputnik. Accessed at: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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