launched fromUSA

Explorer 57

Name: Explorer 57
Start: 1978-01-26T17:36:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

JAN 26197817:36:00 UTC

Satellite operational until 1996.

LIFTOFF

JAN 26 1978

17:36:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-17ACanaveral

aboardDelta 2914Delta 138intoHEO

Payload

Explorer 57 (International Ultraviolet Explorer)

Astronomical observatory satellite