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Explorer 6

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time16 Jul 1959

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: AM-16

Electrical short in the guidance system caused loss of control at liftoff. RSO T+5 seconds.

Rocket Juno II

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-5USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Explorer 6Scientific--