Explorer 6, launched August 7, 1959, from Cape Canaveral, had a primary mission to investigate Earth's magnetic fields, radiation, cosmic rays, geomagnetism, and micrometeorites. The satellite ...

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Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1, Explorer 1’s ...