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Uhuru
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 12 Dec 1970, 10:53 am UTC
Rocket: Scout B (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Mission Description
Small satellite designed to survey the celestial sphere and search for sources of X-ray, gamma-ray, UV and other spectral regions.