CNES Scout X-4 FR-1
Scout X-4
Status
Success
Date
6 DEC 1965
21:05
Launch Provider
National Center of Space Research
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Overview
The FR 1 (France 1) spacecraft was a small spacecraft carrying two experiments. One was designed to observe VLF signals from earth-based transmitters, and the other was an electron density probe measuring electron concentration at the satellite.
Rocket
Scout X-4
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