NASA S-56 Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

4 Dec 1960, 9:14pm

Location

Wallops Island Launch Site

Wallops Island

Pad

Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

NASA logo

NASA

Vehicle

Scout X-1 image

Scout X-1

Mission

NASA S-56

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

An American satellite launched by NASA as part of the Explorers program. It failed to reach orbit when the second stage didn't ignite.

Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC

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