WMO OSCAR | Satellite: Explorer-VII

Satellite: Explorer-VII

Satellite details

Acronym	Explorer-VII
Full name	Explorer-VII
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	Earth science experimental mission including a space weather payload and the prototype Flat Plate Radiometer designed by Verner Suomi and Robert Parent
Mass at launch	41.5 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	722 km
Inclination	50.28 °

Space agency	NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	13 Oct 1959	EOL	24 Aug 1961
Last update:	2016-10-19

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Explorer-VII

Acronym	Full name
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on Explorer-VII

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer	Feb 1961 *	24 Aug 1961 *	N/A	No

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed