flown missionSuccess
Scout B | San Marco 2
National Research CouncilSan Marco platform — Broglio Space Center, Kenya
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- San Marco 2
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Family
- Scout
- Variant
- B
- Provider
- National Research Council
- Type
- Government
- Country
- ITA
launch site
- Pad
- San Marco platform
- Location
- Broglio Space Center, Kenya
- Country
- ITA
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
- Coordinates
- -2.9383, 40.2103