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Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25

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 24 & 25
Type
Earth Science
Target orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Explorer 24 was placed in orbit together with Explorer 25 from a single launch vehicle. Explorer 24 was identical in configuration to the previously launched balloon satellites Explorer 9 and 19. The spacecraft was 3.6 m in diameter, was built of alternating layers of aluminum foil and plastic film, and was covered uniformly with 5.1-cm white dots for thermal control. It was designed to yield atmospheric density near perigee as a function of space and time from sequential observations of the sphere's position in orbit.

schedule

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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