Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B

Launch information

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Mission description

The BE (Beacon Explorer) satellites provided Laser reflectors for geodetic measurements as well measured the electron density in the ionosphere.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B’.

Launch image Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Oct. 10, 1964, 3:01 a.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Beacon Explorer B (LEO)

Launcher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rocket

Scout X-4

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 5

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
899 EXPLORER 22 LEO 79.69 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#367

To this date

Location Launch

#149

To this date

Pad Launch

#14

To this date

Agency Launch

#57

To this date

Orbital Launch

#75

Year 1964

Location Launch

#32

Year 1964

Pad Launch

#4

Year 1964

Agency Launch

#8

Year 1964

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