National Research Council

San Marco 2

Scout B

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, April 26, 1967 · 10:06 UTC

Mission

/01

San Marco 2 was a 66-cm-diameter spherical satellite with two experiments, one designed to make direct measurements of air density below 350 km, and the other an ionospheric beacon experiment developed to observe electron content between the earth and the satellite.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Scout B

Variant: B

Launch Pad

San Marco platform

Broglio Space Center, Kenya

-2.938° S, 40.210° E

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