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Beacon Explorer-A

NASA research satellite of the Explorer program, lost due to a launch failure
Vehicle Research Satellite Q5723959

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
research satellite, former entity[3]
Country
United States[2]
Followed by
Beacon Explorer-B[5]
Launch date
1964-03-19
Part of
Explorers Program[7]
Country of origin
United States[9]
Diameter
0.4668 m, 7.2563 m[16][17]
Launch vehicle
Delta B
Manufacturer
Applied Physics Laboratory[6]
Mass
59 kg[15]
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[10]
Significant event
rocket launch, launch failure[12][13]
Space launch vehicle
Delta B[8]
Start point
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A[14]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
March 19, 1964[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en BE-A en Beacon Explorer-A en Explorer S-66 en S-66A pl Beacon Explorer A
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Explorer-27.jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120mnl_5
NSSDCA ID
EXS-66A

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
research satellite, former entity
Country 1
United States
Country of origin 1
United States
Followed by 1
Beacon Explorer-B
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Beacon Explorer-B
Manufacturer 1
Applied Physics Laboratory
Operator 1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Part of 1
Explorers Program
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Delta B
Start point 1
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A
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Summary

Beacon Explorer-An is a research satellite[1].

Related Entities

Beacon Explorer-B Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A Delta B former entity research satellite United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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