Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4B
Status: Failure | Launched: Apr 26, 1962 10:49 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
Mission
SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy's United States Naval Research Laboratory, it was the fifth in both the SOLRAD and the GRAB (Galactic Radiation And Background) programs.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 5
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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