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Scout B | San Marco 2

April 26, 1967 at 10:06 AM UTC

Broglio Space Center, Kenya

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April 26, 1967 at 10:06 AM UTC

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San Marco platform

Broglio Space Center, Kenya · -2.9383, 40.2103

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Scout B
Launch site
San Marco platform

Broglio Space Center, Kenya

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Mission description

San Marco 2 was a 66-cm-diameter spherical satellite with two experiments, one designed to make direct measurements of air density below 350 km, and the other an ionospheric beacon experiment developed to observe electron content between the earth and the satellite.

Vehicle

Scout B

Scout · B

Height

25 m

Diameter

1.01 m

LEO capacity

143 kg

Successful launches

21

Launch complex

San Marco platform

Broglio Space Center, Kenya

San Marco platform

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