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Magsat
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 30 Oct 1979, 02:16 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout G-1 (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Scientific satellite dedicated to near-earth magnetic fields measurements