| 词条 | Explorer 4 |
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| name = Explorer 4 | image = Explorer4 instruments.png | image_caption = Explorer 4 | mission_type = Earth science | operator = Army Ballistic Missile Agency | Harvard_designation = 1958 Epsilon 1 | COSPAR_ID = 1958-005A | SATCAT = 00009 | mission_duration = 71 days | spacecraft_bus = | manufacturer = Jet Propulsion Laboratory | dry_mass = | launch_mass = {{convert|25.50|kg|lb}} | power = | launch_date = {{start-date|July 26, 1958, 15:00:57|timezone=yes}} UTC | launch_rocket = Juno I | launch_site = Cape Canaveral LC-5 | last_contact = {{end-date|October 5, 1958}} | decay_date = October 23, 1959 | orbit_epoch = 2 October 1959, 06:53:14 UTC | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Medium Earth | orbit_periapsis = {{convert|263|km|mi|sp=us}} | orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|2213|km|mi|sp=us}} | orbit_inclination = 50.29999923706055 degrees | orbit_semimajor = {{convert|7616.2|km|mi|sp=us}} | orbit_eccentricity = 0.1279360055923462 | orbit_period = 110.20 minutes | orbit_RAAN = 82.42 degrees | orbit_arg_periapsis = 57.72 degrees | orbit_mean_anomaly = 303.52 degrees | orbit_mean_motion = 15.52 | orbit_rev_number = 6070 | apsis = gee | programme = Explorer program | previous_mission = Explorer 3 | next_mission = Explorer 5 }} Explorer 4 was an American satellite launched on July 26, 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen's group. The Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency had initially planned two satellites for the purposes of studying the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts (and the Earth's magnetosphere in general), however Explorer 4 was the only such satellite launched as the other, Explorer 5, suffered launch failure. Explorer 4 was a cylindrically shaped satellite instrumented to make the first detailed measurements of charged particles (protons and electrons) trapped in the terrestrial radiation belts. MissionLaunched from a Juno I rocket, the mission remained secret from the public for six months.[1] The satellite telemetry was analyzed for three Operation Argus nuclear weapons tests at high altitude. An unexpected tumble motion of the satellite made the interpretation of the detector data very difficult. The low-power transmitter and the plastic scintillator detector failed September 3, 1958. The two Geiger-Müller tubes and the caesium iodide crystal detectors continued to operate normally until September 19, 1958. The high-power transmitter ceased sending signals on October 5, 1958. It is believed that exhaustion of the power batteries caused these failures. The spacecraft decayed from orbit after 454 days on October 23, 1959. See also{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
References1. ^{{cite video | people = Herlihy, Ed (Narrator) | year = | title = Project Argus — “Greatest Experiment”: 3 A-Blasts In Space | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-A1wQ_qo2c | medium = video | publisher = Universal International News | accessdate = September 9, 2012 | quote = “To monitor the radiation shell in outer space, the satellite Explorer 4 was launched. And all of this in a secrecy not broken for six months.” | time = 29s}} External links
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