Editing Explorer 1 (section)

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Explorer I Characteristics.jpg |Explorer 1 statistics and orbital diagram
Explorer I 02.jpg|Officials with Explorer 1 model at [[Redstone Arsenal]], including Maj. Gen. [[John Bruce Medaris|John Medaris]] (3rd from left), [[Walter Haeussermann]], [[Wernher von Braun]] and [[Ernst Stuhlinger]]
Explorer1 people.jpg|[[Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)|William Hayward Pickering]], [[James Van Allen]], and [[Wernher von Braun]] display a full-scale model of Explorer 1 at a crowded news conference in Washington, D.C. after confirmation the satellite was in orbit.
Explorer 1 During the Installation to Jupiter-C.jpg|Explorer 1 in spin test facility
Jupier c explorer1 pad.jpg|Explorer 1 and Juno I booster in gantry at LC-26A
Explorer 1 in Gantry.jpg|Close-up of Explorer 1 atop Juno I booster
Launch of Jupiter C with Explorer 1.jpg|Launch of Explorer 1 on 1 February 1958 <ref>{{cite APOD |title=The First Explorer |access-date=2008-02-03 |date=2008-01-31}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
207457main antenna-331-2426a-516.jpg|Preliminary satellite tracking tests in a field near [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/antenna.html |title=NASA / JPL - Ground Antenna |publisher=NASA |access-date=2012-03-30}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
207469main_computers-p-163-500.jpg|Trajectory calculations were done by hand by this group of women.
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