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.
Explorer XIII micrometeoroid satellite
Am Geophysical Union -- Trans
American Geophysical Union -- Transactions ; 42 , n 4
1961
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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