Explorer 32—also known as Atmosphere Explorer-B (AE-B)—was a satellite launched by the United States to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta-C1 rocket, on 25 May 1966. It was the second of five Atmosphere Explorers, the first being Explorer 17.
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