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Scout X-4 | GRS

GRS

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 28 June 1963, 09:19 pm UTC

Rocket: Scout X-4 (Scout)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Description

GRS (Geophysical Research Satellite) was a geophysics experiment test built by the Cambridge Research Lab (CRL). Data was obtained for 13 orbits, after which time the satellite ceased working due to a failure in the primary power supply.