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{{Infobox Spacecraftspaceflight

|Name name = Dynamics Explorer 1

| image =

|Image =<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:De spacecraftb.jpg|200px]] -->

| image_caption =

|Caption = Dynamics Explorers 1 and 2 prior to launch on a Delta booster.

|Organization = [[NASA]]

| mission_type = Magnetospheric research

|Mission_Type = Atmospheric observation

| operator = [[NASA]]

|Launch_Vehicle = Delta 3000

| website =

|NSSDC_ID = 1981-070A, 1981-070B

| COSPAR_ID = 1981-070A

|Mass = 424 Kg each

| SATCAT = 12624

|Power = 86 watts

| mission_duration =

|Orbital_Period = 98 minutes

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = [[Radio Corporation of America|RCA Astro]]

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|424|kg|lb|0}}

| power = 68 W

| launch_date = {{start-date|August 03, 1981, 09:56:00|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC

| launch_rocket = [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]] 3913 642/D155

| launch_site = [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2|SLC-2W]]

| launch_contractor =

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact = <!-- {{end-date|[insert date here]}} -->

| decay_date =

| orbit_epoch = 27 June 2016

| orbit_reference = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]

| orbit_regime = [[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]]

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|488.6|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|23246.3|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_inclination = 89.959°

| orbit_semimajor = {{convert|18238.0|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_eccentricity = 0.6238922

| orbit_period = 408.5&nbsp;minutes

| orbit_rev_number = 59680

| apsis = gee

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Dynamics Explorer 2

| image =

| image_caption =

| mission_type = Magnetospheric research

| operator = [[NASA]]

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 1981-070B

| SATCAT = 12625

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = [[Radio Corporation of America|RCA Astro]]

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|420|kg|lb|0}}

| power = 115 W

| launch_date = {{start-date|August 03, 1981, 09:56:00|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC

| launch_rocket = [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]] 3913 642/D155

| launch_site = [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2|SLC-2W]]

| launch_contractor =

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| decay_date = February 19, 1983

| orbit_epoch = 27 June 2016

| orbit_reference = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]

| orbit_regime = [[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]]

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|309|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|1012|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_inclination = 89.99°

| orbit_semimajor = {{convert|18238.0|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_eccentricity = 0.03

| orbit_period = 98&nbsp;minutes

| orbit_rev_number = 8593

| apsis = gee

}}