National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout BLaunch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Solrad 10
Launched
July 8, 1971
Image: NASA
Summary
Solrad 10 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout B from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on July 8, 1971. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 109th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 1,236th orbital launch attempt. It was the 21st Scout B flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SR X, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 438 × 642 km orbit inclined 51.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 21st Scout B flight · 2nd this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 109th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 1,236th orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SR X · NORAD 5317 · 1971-058 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 44 (SOLRAD-10)
- Object ID
- 1971-058A
- Epoch
- 1971-07-09 17:30:49 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.11032677 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0147849
- Inclination
- 51.049°
- Ascending node
- 51.2344°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.5428°
- Mean anomaly
- 78.8815°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 12
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; none still in orbit
- SR X · NORAD 5317 · re-entered December 15, 1979
Scout S177C Stage 4 · re-entered January 28, 1976
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Satellite designed to provide continuous coverage of wavelength and intensity changes in solar radiation.
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
11th launch from Launch Area 3A, 1st this year · 40th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
241 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Solrad 10 launch?
Solrad 10 launched on July 8, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Solrad 10?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Solrad 10?
Scout B, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout B spec sheet
Where did Solrad 10 launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Solrad 10 reach?
SR X, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 438 × 642 km orbit inclined 51.0°.
How many satellites did Solrad 10 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).