Explorer-1 Prime

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Explorer-1 [Prime], also known as E1P and Electra, was a CubeSat-class picosatellite built by the Space Science and Engineering Laboratory (SSEL) at Montana State University. It was launched aboard a Taurus-XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on 4 March 2011, but failed to achieve orbit after the rocket malfunctioned.

Wikidata
E1P; Electra; Explorer 1 [Prime]
geomagnetic satellite, former entity, CubeSatMinotaur-C 3110


Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
    rocket launch
    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
    launch failure
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