MISSION NAME
San Marco 2 2
Status
Success
DATE
26 APR 1967
LAUNCH PROVIDER
National Research Council
Launch Pad
San Marco platform
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.
Scout B
Rocket Description
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.