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SOLRAD 4B
Scout X-2 · Astrophysics
1962Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- US Navy
- Rocket
- Scout X-2
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 5
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2