Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Summary
- One of several cut-away full size replicas of the payload section and fourth stage booster section of the Explorer-1 spacecraft in the collection. Displays the instrumentation, including Geiger counters, micrometeorite detector microphones, temperature sensors as well as the radio and battery system. It was transferred to NASM by JPL via NASA in February, 1975.
- Alternate Name
- Satellite, Explorer 1, Mock-up
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19751441000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Plastic
- Ferrous Alloy
- Aluminum Alloy
- Magnesium Alloy
- Paint
- Unknown Coating
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Approximate): 206.4 × 15.2 × 15.2cm (81 1/4 × 6 × 6 in.)
- Storage (Rehoused on aluminum pallet): 124.5 × 332.7 × 134.6cm, 201.9kg (49 in. × 10 ft. 11 in. × 53 in., 445lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19751441000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ff5cb1da-3b1f-41e2-9023-0f841e219728
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