Explorer 1 60th Anniversary
Dr. John Meisenheimer, launch weather officer for Explorer 1, speaks to guests at an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of America's first satellite. The ceremony took place in front of the Space Launch Complex 26 blockhouse at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where the Explorer 1 satellite was launched atop a Jupiter C rocket on Jan. 31, 1958. During operation, the satellite's cosmic ray detector discovered radiation belts around Earth which were named for Dr. James Van Allen, principal investigator for the satellite.
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KSC-20180131-PH_KLS01_0162
Date Created
January 31, 2018
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location
Launch Complex 26; Air Space and
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