Italian Space Agency Scout B San Marco 3
Scout B
Status
Success
Date
24 APR 1971
07:32
Mission Overview
Italian satellite designed to study the density, composition and temperature of the equatorial upper atmosphere.
Rocket
Scout B
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN
