1 year (achieved)
55 years, 11 months and 25 days (in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Explorer XXXVIII
Spacecraft type
Radio Astronomy Explorer
Bus
RAE
Manufacturer
Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch mass
602 kg (1,327 lb)
Power
25 watts
Start of mission
Launch date
4 July 1968, 17:26:50 GMT[1]
Rocket
Thor-Delta J (Thor 476 / Delta 057)
Launch site
Vandenberg, SLC-2E
Contractor
Douglas Aircraft Company
Entered service
4 July 1968
End of mission
Disposal
Decommissioned
Last contact
July 4, 1969
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[2]
Regime
Medium Earth orbit
Perigee altitude
5,851 km (3,636 mi)
Apogee altitude
5,861 km (3,642 mi)
Inclination
120.60°
Period
224.40 minutes
Instruments
Capacitance Probe Impedance Probe Planar Electron Trap Radio Bursts Receivers Step Frequency Radiometers
Explorer program
← Explorer 37
Explorer 39 →
Explorer 38 (also called as Radio Astronomy Explorer A, RAE-A and RAE-1) was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy. Explorer 38 was launched as part of the Explorer program, being the first of the 2 RAE-satellites. Explorer 38 was launched on 4 July 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a Delta J launch vehicle.[3]
^McDowell, Jonathan (21 July 2021). "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^"Trajectory: Eplorer 38 (RAE-A) 1968-055A". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Cite error: The named reference Display was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Explorer38 (also called as Radio Astronomy Explorer A, RAE-A and RAE-1) was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy. Explorer38 was launched...
GSF Explorer, formerly USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193), was a deep-sea drillship platform built for Project Azorian, the secret 1974 effort by the...
Dora the Explorer the Game CD-ROMs in specially marked packages; however, packages sold in Quebec had only the French version. Dora the Explorer: Barnyard...
URL (link) "Dora the Explorer Season 2 Episode Guide". Zap2it. "Dora the Explorer Season 3 Episode Guide". Zap2it. "Dora the Explorer, Season 2". iTunes...
Explorer 49 (also called Radio Astronomy Explorer-2, RAE-B) was a NASA 328 kg (723 lb) satellite launched on 10 June 1973, for long wave radio astronomy...
the second successful launch in the Explorer program, and was nearly identical to the first U.S. satellite Explorer 1 in its design and mission. The U...
renamed TUI Explorer In October 2017, it was announced that the ship will start operating under the company's new brand name Marella Explorer, after a Yard...
request of noted journalist, historian and explorer Henry Collins Walsh to form an organization to unite explorers in the bonds of good fellowship and to...
Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6...
The Gibson Explorer is a type of electric guitar model by Gibson guitars, released in 1958. The Explorer offered a radical, "futuristic" body design,...
expendable launch system of the late 1960s. Only one was launched, with the Explorer38 spacecraft. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets. The Delta...
March 2020. "Explorer of the Seas (19903)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 12 March 2015. "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Explorer of the Seas"...
designed, and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Explorer 5 was similar in all respects to Explorer 4 and was designed with the same basic science objectives...
flight between Japan and the united States; two built. 7 Explorer Improved version of the 4 Explorer, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp C radial piston engine;...
000 lbf (680 kN) for the Block I. 13. 2 October 1962 – Explorer 14 (EPE-B). 14. 27 October 1962 – Explorer 15 (EPE-C). The Delta B introduce the upgraded AJ10-118D...
their roles as executive producer and series producer respectively. Series 38 consists of four mini-series: "Driving Force", "A History of Violence", "Breaking...
although it is not on display. Spaceflight portal Explorer S-56 Explorer program "Display: Explorer-9 1961-004A". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November...
Solrad 9, also known Explorer 37 and Explorer SE-B, was one of the SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of...
Global Information
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
