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Explorer 16
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<p>Explorer 16, also called S-55B, was a <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> satellite launched as part of the <a href="/facts/Explorer_program/UAWJXqxP">Explorer program</a>. Explorer 16 was launched on 16 December 1962, at 14:33:04 <a href="/facts/Greenwich_Mean_Time/JpSIdWsn">GMT</a>, from <a href="/facts/Wallops_Flight_Facility/F6QvD712">Wallops Flight Facility</a>, <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a>, with a <a href="/facts/Scout_(rocket_family)/y3J3BcVd">Scout X-3</a>. </p>