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Explorer 17
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<p>Explorer 17 (also known as Atmosphere Explorer-A (AE-A) and S6) was a <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> <a href="/facts/Satellite/PTX8c68t">satellite</a>, launched at <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> from <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17/7Cl4P58d">LC-17B</a> on a <a href="/facts/Delta_(rocket_family)/gQH4EUYB">Delta B</a> <a href="/facts/Launch_vehicle/g1GCGFJB">launch vehicle</a>, on 3 April 1963, at 02:00:02 <a href="/facts/Greenwich_Mean_Time/JpSIdWsn">GMT</a>, to study the <a href="/facts/Atmosphere_of_Earth/FV97Am25">Earth's upper atmosphere</a>. It was the first satellite of five in the "Atmosphere Explorer" series. </p>