SOLRAD 4B Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
26 Apr 1962, 10:49am
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
SOLRAD 4B
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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