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Scout B | San Marco 2

San Marco 2

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Launch Details

Date: 26 Apr 1967, 10:06 am UTC

Rocket: Scout B (Scout)

Provider: National Research Council

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya

Mission 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.