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Starlink Group 15-14
Falcon 9 Block 5
ProviderSpaceX
PadSpace Launch Complex 4E
DateJul 14, 2026
Local time01:16 AM UTC
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Explorer 18
Thor Delta CUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17B
Wednesday, November 27, 1963 · 02:30 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.
PayloadExplorer 18
OrbitElliptical Orbit
CustomerUnited States Air Force
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 28.446°N
- Longitude
- 80.566°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
02:30 AM UTC - 02:30 AM UTC
Delay History
1Nov 27Nov 27Success → Success
Schedule updated
