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Beacon Explorer B
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 10 Oct 1964, 03:01 am UTC
Rocket: Scout X-4 (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
The BE (Beacon Explorer) satellites provided Laser reflectors for geodetic measurements as well measured the electron density in the ionosphere.