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A fact from Explorer 32 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Explorer 32 satellite was able to determine the density of the upper atmosphere through ground-based observations of the effect of drag on the satellite?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/September.

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Still orbiting?[edit]

Is this satellite still orbiting? DarthVad e r 06:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox says the satellite decayed February 22, 1985. Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last contact March 1867

I would assume it is typo:) Sudaltsov (talk) 10:51, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Major revamp[edit]

Thanks to a couple of AvWeekly articles and NASA ADS, I've given Explorer 32 a considerable expansion. --Neopeius (talk) 01:07, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]