Explorer 13 (S-55A), a NASA Langley micrometeoroid research satellite, launched on Scout X-1 (ST-6) from Wallops Island LA-3 on 25 August 1961. It reached a lower-than-planned orbit and decayed after only about three days, rendering the mission unusable.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Payload to orbit
- 62 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 4 Scout X-1 flights
- Date and time
- 25 August 1961, 18:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout X-1
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1961-022
- Launches in 1961
- 30th of 50
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