1962 · US Navy
SOLRAD 4B
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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.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 26, 1962 at 10:49 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- SOLRAD 4B
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit