Scout B | San Marco 2

Name: Scout B | San Marco 2
Start: 1967-04-26T10:06:24Z
Location: Broglio Space Center, Kenya

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 Details

Launch date: April 26, 1967 at 10:06 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Scout B
Operator: National Research Council
Launch site: Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Mission type: Earth Science