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Star-Rad
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 26 Oct 1962, 04:14 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.