Explorer XIII satellite carried 5 different types of micrometeoroid detectors designed to record and send back to earth information about characteristics of micrometeoroids and their potential hazards to future spaceflight; launch also served as test of performance, structural integrity, and environmental conditions of all-solid-fuel, 4-stage Scout launch vehicle and its guidance control system; Scout launch vehicle, payload description, micrometeoroid experiments.


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    Title :

    Explorer XIII micrometeoroid satellite


    Additional title:

    Am Geophysical Union -- Trans



    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :