National Center of Space ResearchScout X-4Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
FR-1
Launched
December 6, 1965
Image: U.S. Air Force
Summary
FR-1 launched on a National Center of Space Research Scout X-4 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 6, 1965. It was National Center of Space Research's 2nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 505th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Scout X-4 flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout X-4 · National Center of Space Research
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 12th Scout X-4 flight · 3rd this yearNational Center of Space Research's 2nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 505th orbital launch attempt112th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris, 2 components; 2 still in orbit
- FR-1 · NORAD 1814 · in orbit
Scout S139R Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The FR 1 (France 1) spacecraft was a small spacecraft carrying two experiments. One was designed to observe VLF signals from earth-based transmitters, and the other was an electron density probe measuring electron concentration at the satellite.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
16th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 196th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
380 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did FR-1 launch?
FR-1 launched on December 6, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch FR-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched FR-1?
Scout X-4, flown by National Center of Space Research. Scout X-4 spec sheet
Where did FR-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit was FR-1 going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a earth science mission.
How many satellites did FR-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).