Explorer 8
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| Organization: | Army Ballistic Missile Agency |
| Major contractors: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Mission type: | Earth Science |
| Satellite of: | Earth |
| Launch: | 3 November , 1960 at 05:16:00 UTC |
| Launch vehicle: | Jupiter-C |
| Decay: | |
| Mission duration: | 54 days |
| Mass: | 40.88 kg |
| NSSDC ID: | 1960-014A |
| Webpage: | [1] |
| Orbital elements | |
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| Semimajor axis: | |
| Eccentricity: | .120936 |
| Inclination: | 33.24° |
| Orbital period: | 112.7 minutes |
| Apogee: | 2,288 km |
| Perigee: | 417 km |
| Orbits: | |
| Instruments | |
| Geiger-Mueller detector : | Detection of cosmic rays |
| Wire grid array : | Micrometeorite detection |
| Acoustic detector : | Micrometeorite detection |
| Previous mission: Explorer 7 |
Explorer program | Next mission: Explorer 9 |
This satellite has stayed in space much longer than was necessary for its mission. While no longer functional, in 2006 the device was still in orbit and unexpectedly received the world's attention as an example of the "space junk" that has been deployed with the lack of responsibility [2].
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