This dimension marks whether a launch vehicle is still active, retired or still in development. Wikipedia notes that launch vehicles are "engineered with advanced aerodynamics and technologies, which contribute to high operating costs," costs that eventually lead most vehicle types to retirement in favor of a successor. Browsing by status separates vehicles still flying from those no longer in service.
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1. Wikipedia: Explorer 1
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Explorer 1 was launched on 1 February 1958 at 03:47:56 GMT (or 31 January 1958 at 22:47:56 Eastern Time) atop the first Juno I booster from LC-26A at the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center of the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), in Florida.
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