Satellite, Explorer 8 mock-up
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Summary
- This full-size mock-up of the Explorer 8 spacecraft is one of two specimens of this satellite in the collection. Explorer 8 was launched on November 3, 1960 atop a Juno II vehicle and successfully went into orbit. The spacecraft carried six specialized instruments designed to study the field of charged particles that surround the earth called the ionosphere. Explorer 8 continued to provide data until December 27, 1960. The mock-up was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in May 1974 by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where the flown version was built and operated.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19750180000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed
- Materials
- HAZ MAT: Cadmium
- Magnesium
- Non-Magnetic White Metal
- Solder
- Rubber
- Natural Fiber Thread
- Ferrous Alloy
- Electrical Components
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 78.7 × 76.2cm (2 ft. 7 in. × 2 ft. 6 in.)
- 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_A19750180000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97078b898-a4dd-47df-82cd-eecf678cb361
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