SATELLITE

EXPLORER
• IT WAS AMERICAN FIRST SATELLITE.
THREE SCIEBTIST RESPONSIBLE FOR SOURCE OF EXPLORER 1.
IT WAS LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 31, 1958.
IT WAS 203 CM LONG.
15.9 CM IN DIAMETER.
ITS WEIGHT WAS 14 KM.
ALTITUDE WAS 1,454 KM.
PRIMARY SCIENCE INSTRUMENT ON EXPLORER 1 WAS A COSMIC RAY
DETECTOR DESIGNED TO ,MEASURE THE ENVIRONMENT IN EARTH ORBIT.
 EXPLORER 1 REVOLVED AROUND
EARTH IN LOOPING FLIGHT PATH
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ITS PERIOD WAS 1.6 HOUR.
ORBITED EARTH ONCE EVERY 15
MINUTES
ITS CONFORM EXISTENCE OF HOGHT
RADIATION BAND ABOVE THE EARTH
ATMOSPHERE.
FIND TRANSMISSION GIVE ON MAY
23, 1958
ITS ENTERED EARTH ATMOSPHERE
AND BURNED IT ON MARCH 31, 1970
AFTER MORE THAN 58,000 ORBIT.