Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 26 Mar 1958 17:38:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#8 ever
Mission
Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.