Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 21 Dec 1964 09:00:03 GMT
Orbital launch #
#392 ever
Mission
Explorer 26 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields.