Launch · COSPAR 1968-066 · 08 Aug 1968

EXPLORER 39 (ADI-3)

Name: Launch 1968-066 — EXPLORER 39 (ADI-3)
Start: 1968-08-08
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

62% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 13

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
EXPLORER 39 (ADI-3)	3337	1968-066A	Decayed	LEO	219 / 278 km	80.54°	22 Jun 1981	—
EXPLORER 40 (INJUN 5)	3338	1968-066B	Unknown	OTHER	678 / 2,476 km	80.67°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SCOUT B R/B	3341	1968-066C	Inactive	OTHER	680 / 2,451 km	80.67°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 10

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SCOUT B DEB	3342	1968-066D	Decayed	LEO	232 / 260 km	80.55°	31 Jan 2002	—
SCOUT B DEB	3343	1968-066E	Decayed	LEO	245 / 276 km	80.47°	09 Feb 2000	—
SCOUT B DEB	3390	1968-066F	Decayed	LEO	213 / 239 km	80.56°	24 Nov 2011	—
SCOUT B DEB	3391	1968-066G	Decayed	LEO	235 / 274 km	80.59°	17 Sept 2002	—
SCOUT B DEB	3392	1968-066H	Inactive	LEO	591 / 1,063 km	80.66°	on orbit	—
SCOUT B DEB	3393	1968-066J	Decayed	LEO	205 / 226 km	80.38°	10 Jul 2014	—
SCOUT B DEB	23307	1968-066K	Decayed	LEO	260 / 314 km	80.49°	16 Nov 2002	—
SCOUT B DEB	29277	1968-066L	Decayed	LEO	563 / 945 km	80.60°	16 Feb 2024	—
SCOUT B DEB	29278	1968-066M	Inactive	LEO	632 / 1,645 km	80.58°	on orbit	—
SCOUT B DEB	29279	1968-066N	Inactive	LEO	622 / 1,375 km	80.59°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1968-066; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.