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San Marco 3
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 24 Apr 1971, 07:32 am UTC
Rocket: Scout B (Scout)
Provider: Italian Space Agency
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Mission Description
Italian satellite designed to study the density, composition and temperature of the equatorial upper atmosphere.