US NavyScout X-2Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4B
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US Navy's 18th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 160th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Apr 26, 10:49 – Apr 26, 10:49 UTC
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SOLRAD 4B
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.
Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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