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Scout X-2
Launched 1962-04-26 10:49 UTCSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Scout X-2 lifted off with SOLRAD 4B, but the launch failed.
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SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy's United States Naval Research Laboratory, it was the fifth in both the SOLRAD and the GRAB (Galactic Radiation And Background) programs.
The Navy was competed with the Army to put the first American satellite into orbit. Their first two Vanguard missions failed, with the second being a highly publicized failure, as it exploded on the launchpad. They went on to put 3 satellites into orbit but did not beat the Army to be the first. Their work in space continues today largely on military satellites.
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Height
25m
Diameter
1m
To low Earth orbit
76kg
Liftoff thrust
427kN
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