Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring

Launch information

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Mission description

Test flight of the cryogenic Centaur stage.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring’.

Launch image Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Nov. 27, 1963, 7:03 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

AC-2 Instrumentation Ring (LEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Atlas Centaur

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
693 EXPLORER 18 (IMP-1) OTHER 35.19 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#283

To this date

Location Launch

#105

To this date

Pad Launch

#1

To this date

Agency Launch

#170

To this date

Orbital Launch

#60

Year 1963

Location Launch

#11

Year 1963

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1963

Agency Launch

#44

Year 1963

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