United States Air ForceScout X-4Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
GRS
Launched
June 28, 1963
Image: U.S. Air Force
Summary
GRS launched on an United States Air Force Scout X-4 from Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on June 28, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 149th launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 259th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Scout X-4 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 418 × 1,318 km orbit inclined 49.7°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout X-4 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Scout X-4 flightUnited States Air Force's 149th launch23rd this yearhumanity's 259th orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GRS · NORAD 612 · 1963-026 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GRS
- Object ID
- 1963-026A
- Epoch
- 1963-06-29 15:31:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.09513153 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0621942
- Inclination
- 49.718°
- Ascending node
- 19.19°
- Arg. of perigee
- 135.5154°
- Mean anomaly
- 229.6481°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 11
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- GRS · NORAD 612 · re-entered December 14, 1983
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
GRS (Geophysical Research Satellite) was a geophysics experiment test built by the Cambridge Research Lab (CRL). Data was obtained for 13 orbits, after which time the satellite ceased working due to a failure in the primary power supply.
Pad
Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
10th launch from Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 20th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
194 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did GRS launch?
GRS launched on June 28, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch GRS?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GRS?
Scout X-4, flown by United States Air Force. Scout X-4 spec sheet
Where did GRS launch from?
Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did GRS reach?
It reached a 418 × 1,318 km orbit inclined 49.7°.
How many satellites did GRS launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).