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Launch SuccessfulUnited States Air Force
Thor Delta C: Explorer 18
Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.
Wednesday, 27 November 1963
Mission Data
🇺🇸United States Air ForceEst. 1947
Launch VehicleThor Delta C
Vehicle FamilyThor
Vehicle Record8 of 10 launches (80%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record972 successes / 106 failures (90%)
Success Streak68 consecutive
Mission TypeAstrophysics
Target OrbitElliptical Orbit
Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 17B
Location🇺🇸 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#59
Agency Launches This Year#43
Launches From This Pad132
Launches From This Site1,132
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Thor Delta C
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 17B · 28.4458°N 80.5657°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.