S-46

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

Mass: 16 kg (35 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Juno II.

S-46 Chronology

1960 March 23 - Explorer S-46 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Jupiter. FAILURE: Upper stage failed to ignite. Third stage failed to ignite due to loss of radio contact. Mass: 16 kg (35 lb).

Bibliography and Further Reading

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

Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.

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