flown missionSuccess
Scout X-4 | Explorer 19
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSpace Launch Complex 5 — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Explorer 19
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Explorer 19 was the second in a series of 3.66-m inflatable spheres placed into orbit to determine atmospheric densities.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Family
- Scout
- Variant
- 4
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.6080, -120.6247