Thor Able III | Explorer 6

Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.

Mission type: Earth Science · Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Rocket: Thor Able III · Provider: United States Air Force